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What Happens to Privacy Policies in Bankruptcy?
The Consumerist reports that RadioShack, facing bankruptcy, planned to take its customer database and put it up for auction to pay back its creditors, which contains millions of:Physical...
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What Uber's Chief Security Officer Hiring Means for IT Startups
According to the Washington Post, Uber has hired a CSO (chief security officer) to oversee the mobile app's data security and privacy issues. This hiring is relevant to IT contractors and tech...
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Good News: Updated HIPAA Guidelines Take Some Pressure off IT Professionals
IT contractors who work with healthcare companies are no doubt familiar with how difficult it can be to meet the high standards set by HIPAA and HITECH data privacy laws. Fortunately, new HIPAA...
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Security Training a Potentially Lucrative Service for Your Small Business...
When many business owners think about cyber security, their first thoughts are about investing in new software. But it's not what's on the computer so much as who's sitting in front of it that makes...
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A Look Inside the Cyber Security Bill that Passed the House
The Hill calls a new cyber security bill passed by the US House of Representatives a "win for industry" because many banks and security firms have been pushing for this legislation. Why is that?The...
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More Proof that People Want to Pay You to Keep their Data Safe
The Wall Street Journal reports that private cyber security companies received a record amount of investments – $1.77 billion – as venture capitalists looked to get a slice this growing sector.Why the...
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Have Healthcare Clients? Time to Beef Up Your Data Security Practices
The Cheat Sheet reports that data breaches cost $400 billion each year, and while we often read about retail data breaches, attacks on healthcare companies are actually the most costly. In fact, the...
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The Thrilling Phishing Attempt that Happened to a TechInsurance Employee Last...
With 13 percent of phishing attacks targeting financial businesses, it was no surprise when TechInsurance was targeted in an email phishing scheme last week. Spoiler alert: we didn't bite.The attack on...
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One Thing You Can Do Today to Reduce Your Professional Liability Risk
InfoSecurity Magazine reports on the proactive approaches more IT professionals are taking when it comes to their client's data security, including setting traps for employees. Wait, what?A number of...
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Threatpost reports that Pinterest – the popular pin board social media site – released information about an old vulnerability that it fixed months ago. The flaw would have exposed user account...
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