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40,000 BlueCross BlueShield members notified of lost laptop

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2008-03-11 15:31:27 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...companys investigation, the potential information includes names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, employer group names, and health insurance identifier numbers there was no health or medical claims information involved Evan] I think a name, date of birth, Social Security number, address, and employer should be enough to...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, confidential information, laptop, information owners, breach description, breach, security breach
 
 
 
 
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The top six corporate email risks

2007-10-27 19:27:40 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...companys email system to send out confidential information to their competitor, his new employer. The trade secrets included product design specifications, sales data and information regarding a prospective contract for which both companies were competing. The employee and competitor were both charged with trade secret theft 5 Damage to your...
 
Tags: risks, email risks, email, email disclaimer, email communications, companys email system, company network, company, explicit email
 
 
 
 
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Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing

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2007-07-02 20:46:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
...companys complete collection of information processing assetsall the computers, the networks theyre connected to, the applications you use, and the data and information you manipulate. Which of those is the most valuable? Whichif it suddenly and tragically disappeared tomorrowwould jeopardize your companys ability to remain in business Thats...
 
Tags: data security, comrms data security, data, security, confidential information, information, information security, temporary data, data vanishes
 
 
 
 
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Wireless as Fashion

2008-07-14 16:53:19 by John Kindervag in Security & Risk Management
 
...companys president had been playing golf with the president of another company. The president of the other company started bragging about his companys new wireless network and how he could take his laptop anywhere in the building and get on the network. Embarrassed, the president came back to work and immediately told his IT staff to install...
 
Tags: expensive wireless network, wireless network, robust wireless network, wireless, network, wireless connectivity, security, wireless access, security guy
 
 
 
 
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Real Artists Ship

2008-09-03 11:23:08 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...companys behalf As the project advanced, some farmers who had sold their land demanded it back. The main state-level opposition party, the Trinamool Congress, led protests demanding that the land be returned. Most people sympathetic to Tata accused the opposition of inducing the farmers to protest, while Tatas critics said the farmers had...
 
Tags: tata, tata workers, tata motors, security, india, india mulls, information security, functional development, software security
 
 
 
 
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Security World: Qualys selected as Red Herring Global 100 2007 winner

2007-12-14 01:49:54 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
Qualys announced that it was selected among 1,800 eligible companies as a winner of the first Red Herring Global 100 Awards, signifying the companys growth and leadership within the technology indust
 
Tags: technology indust, global, companys growth, red, eligible companies, qualys, winner, leadership, awards
 
 
 
 
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Intellectual Property- what is it and how do we secure it?

2007-12-29 06:43:45 by Editor in Security Links
 
...companys, persons or legal entitys products or services from other entities products or services Trademarks are usually names, logos, designs, symbols or words. They can also be a combination of all of the previous elements put together Trademark rights confer exclusive rights of usage of the trademark within a certain market to licensors....
 
Tags: intellectual property, treaties, international patent treaties, major copyright agreements, agreements, copyright, rights, intellectual property rights, copyright legislation
 
 
 
 
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Ask the Auditor: Who is Responsible for Information Security?

2007-12-29 06:24:50 by Editor in Security Links
 
...companys key assets are protected appropriately 1) Staff and line-of-business managers must have a voice in the design and implementation information security programs, since these managers are ultimately responsible for protecting and enhancing the value of the organizations assets, including information assets. Managers must also review and...
 
Tags: information, information security, information policy, information security risks, information assurance, information security governance, information security managers, information security management, assign information security
 
 
 
 
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How effective is the wisdom of crowds as a security mechanism?

2007-12-21 15:26:10 by Tyler Moore in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...companys feed to be slightly more complete and significantly faster in confirming phishing websites. This is because companies can afford employees to verify their submissions We also found that users who vote less often are more likely to vote incorrectly, and that users who commit many errors tend to have voted on the same URLs Despite...
 
Tags: phishtank, phishtank compare, leaves phishtank, users, phishtanks users, vote maliciously, vote, active users, urls
 
 
 
 
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Oracle to Buy BEA Systems for $8.5 Billion

2008-01-16 14:00:30 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...companys largest shareholder, billionaire Carl Icahn, had called for an auction to sell the business-management-software firm BEA is one of the few independent, midsize software companies left in Silicon Valley as the technology industry consolidates. Oracle has for years eyed BEA as an acquisition target BEA has been battling Oracle,...
 
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