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OSF DATA LOSS db a valuable resource

2008-07-16 17:10:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...Loss Database has been assumed by the Open Security Foundation. Check out the DATA LOSS db at your earliest convenience, join, and support From the site, the OSF Data Loss database is a "research project aimed at documenting known and reported data loss incidents world-wide. The effort is now a community one, with the move to OSF, and relies...
 
Tags: data loss, data loss database, database, research project aimed, data breach blog, osf, security foundation, longtime reader, support
 
 
 
 
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Data Loss Prevention Best Practices

2008-04-11 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Source: Ironport) Data loss prevention (DLP) is a serious issue for companies, as the number of incidents (and the cost to those experiencing them) continues to increase. Whether it's a malicious attempt, or an inadvertent mistake, data loss can diminish a company's brand, reduce shareholder value, and damage the company's goodwill and reputation
 
Tags: data loss, data loss prevention, company, inadvertent mistake, reduce shareholder, malicious attempt, source, damage, reputation
 
 
 
 
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Judge orders end to weight-loss, anti-aging spam operation

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A U.S. judge has ordered a Las Vegas company to stop making weight-loss and anti-aging claims and to stop sending unsolicited e-mail, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Monday
 
Tags: las vegas company, federal trade commission, judge, stop, weight-loss, e-mail, claims, monday
 
 
 
 
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Data Loss Prevention: Where Do We Go From Here?

2008-03-31 13:43:55 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
DLP is fast becoming one of the most overused yet misunderstood acronyms in an industry known for its cryptic abbreviations. The popular label for data loss prevention is appearing on a puzzling varie
 
Tags: data loss prevention, popular label, misunderstood acronyms, cryptic abbreviations, dlp, varie, industry, fast
 
 
 
 
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The correlation between identity monitoring and data loss prevention

2008-04-07 00:00:00 by HASH0x8473b14 in Network World on Security
 
I've been looking into the correlation between identity monitoring and data loss prevention technologies. Can you clarify if these two go hand-in-hand and if so, the best ways to use them to get maximum efficiency
 
Tags: correlation, identity, maximum efficiency, hand-in-hand
 
 
 
 
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Data-loss prevention players link products

2008-05-05 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Data-loss prevention vendors Fidelis Security Systems and Verdasys struck a deal to integrate their data-leak protection products in order to share alerts and eventually policy-management controls
 
Tags: data-leak protection products, share alerts, verdasys struck, deal, controls
 
 
 
 
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Weight-loss supplement dealer settles spam charges

2008-07-15 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The marketers of supposed weight-loss supplements have settled charges by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that they used illegal spam e-mail to market their products
 
Tags: illegal spam e-mail, federal trade commission, charges, weight-loss supplements, market, products, marketers
 
 
 
 
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How to Sell Security

2008-05-26 05:57:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...loss of $500 and a 50 percent chance of losing $1,000 These two trade-offs are very similar, and traditional economics predicts that the whether you're contemplating a gain or a loss doesn't make a difference: People make trade-offs based on a straightforward calculation of the relative outcome. Some people prefer sure things and others...
 
Tags: security, loss, risky loss, risky larger loss, gain, risky larger gain, security purchase, directly, security directly
 
 
 
 
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Communicating about risk - part 1

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2008-05-05 18:12:14 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
...loss magnitude is significant When these conditions exist, the low loss event frequency is driven solely by the low threat event frequency. In other words, were not actively managing loss event frequency; were just trusting to luck. If threat event frequency changes (or an event occurs at all), then significant impact will likely occur. An...
 
Tags: risk, effective, cost-effective risk management, fragile condition exists, condition, unstable condition, risk qualifiers, risk condition, risk chart perspective
 
 
 
 
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Stockport Primary Care Trust flash drive goes missing

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2008-01-21 09:44:46 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...loss because they believe the data could not be used in an identity fraud Evan] Whether or not the information could be directly used for identity fraud should be irrelevant to the decision to notify patients. This is personal information that belongs to the patients, not Stockport PCT Th