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Maryland Department of Assessments & Taxation web exposure

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2008-01-05 14:02:15 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...exposure to resident's personal information is low, it was such an easily avoidable risk. The amount of risk would have risen with the amount of time that the vulnerability existed. Web applications, especially e-commerce shopping carts and others that collect confidential information, must be thoroughly tested by knowledgeable information...
 
Tags: maryland, sensitive personal information, personal information, secure server hadhas, server, web application server, application, information, information security
 
 
 
 
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Smaller footprint, less risk

2007-08-13 22:01:00 by Bryan in practical risk management
 
...exposure to make it less likely the event will happen Take steps to reduce the impact you'll sustain if it does happen Risk purists will argue that you can also transfer the risk, but I'd argue that's really just an extension of #2... In the transferred risk model, we let another entity - like an insurance company - share some of the pain so...
 
Tags: sensitive information, information, reduce exposure, reduce, controls, classic preventative controls, risk, design controls, exposure
 
 
 
 
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205 University of Wisconsin employees exposed

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2008-01-21 14:44:21 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...exposure of their personal information on the Internet last year The personal information -- including e-mail addresses, phone numbers and Social Security-based campus ID numbers of faculty and staff who made purchases from the DoIT computer shop -- had been accessible on a campus Internet site for at least a year, said Brian Rust,...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security vulnerabilities, social, include social security, security, identifiable information serves, information security personnel, computer shop
 
 
 
 
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Just How Vulnerable Is Asia To The Current US Sub-Prime Crisis?

2007-08-31 07:59:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...exposure to US Sub-Prime debt, they would probably say that the exposure is pretty small. In fact, Asian central banks also agree with this notion. Unlike some hedge funds with nearly 100% exposure to the sector, the percentage of exposure to US Sub-Prime trough CDO's are not significant enough to dent the bank's earnings and value. Income...
 
Tags: banks, asian central banks, asian banks, exposure, crisis situation, sub-prime trough cdo, situation, risk management, blown crisis
 
 
 
 
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Long Island University notifies students of mailing error

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2008-02-12 09:53:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...exposure affects the Universitys two main campuses - Brooklyn and C.W. Post; and its regional campuses The personal data includes names, addresses and Social Security Numbers Earlier this week, University officials discovered that some IRS 1098-T "Tuition Statement" forms for 2007, that had been delivered to the Post Office in what may have...
 
Tags: island university, university, post, post office personnel, students, post office, personal data, data, social security
 
 
 
 
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File containing Interbank FX customer information exposed for almost a year

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2008-04-15 23:57:04 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...exposure on March 28th, 2008 Reference URL The New Hampshire State Attorney General breach notification Report Credit The New Hampshire State Attorney General Response From the online source cited above The letter to victims is signed by Todd B. Crosland, CEO and President of Interbank FX Evan] This fact is important to note. I admire...
 
Tags: information, sensitive personal information, personal information, application information, handle sensitive information, information security, interbank, file, confidential information
 
 
 
 
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Personal member information on The Dental Network website

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2008-03-20 12:05:14 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...exposure. This data included personal information that included name, Social Security number, address(es) and date of birth Reference URL The New Hampshire Attorney General breach notification Report Credit The New Hampshire State Attorney General Response From the online source cited above This letter is to inform you of a privacy...
 
Tags: information, breach description, breach, breach notification completely, dental network, data breach, personal information, website, security breach
 
 
 
 
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Compliance is critical

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2008-07-15 15:25:12 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
...exposure than most other organizations. In fact, in many cases a 100% compliant organization would be too secure to operate effectively. In other words, the more significant problem isnt typically a matter of how strong a policy is, its the variance from intended/desired state thats described by policy In a perfect world The illustration...
 
Tags: organizations risk exposure, risk exposure, risk, affects risk, compliance, ability, organizations ability, organizations, partys risk posture
 
 
 
 
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Is Security about improving the operational efficiency of IT?

2007-12-20 12:40:00 by Ryan Shopp in practical risk management
 
...exposure points etc The role of security, just like QA, is not to hinder their operational/development counterparts, but to help mitigate exposure/risk in a proactive way. Bottom line, it's been my experience that it's better to find a problem early then late (major cost savings, greater customer satisfaction, etc I may be out in left field...
 
Tags: operational efficiency, security, information, information security, major cost savings, development organization, management versus, role, customer satisfaction
 
 
 
 
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Stolen SunGard laptop affects at least 10 post-secondary schools

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2008-04-21 14:49:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog