The registration process asks each company to submit information in several categories: basic company profile, general information on number of employees, products and services, financial information on annual revenues, their ability to support electronic business transactions, any quality and environmental management certifications, details on their ethical dealings and social responsibility, information on data security, information on diversity policies, and on their use of independent contractors.
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As IT battles such threats on a daily basis, data and information security become a concern of the boardroom.
For the first time this year, IDC's annual information security survey revealed that information security officers were more concerned with stopping employee-caused data breaches than with guarding their networks against malicious software--which had ranked as their top concern for the eight previous years.
In a press release on the Playstation Network blog, spokesperson Patrick Seybold added a lengthy explanation of how the company plans to respond to the hack, including adding new layers of security, changing how it encrypts customer data, and appointing a chief information security officer.
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So persuasive is cloud computing that companies have been known to plunge into it with gusto while turning a deaf ear to warnings from information security officers, who see gaping holes in the corporate data security fabric where business managers see agility and economic benefit.
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The government expects to make salary information available later this year and is looking at ways to use Social Security data, Labor Department records or other information.
In a statement, the FAA said it asked for "limited information" from those seeking to block their flight data for security reasons, and granted all such requests if they contained the required information.
The figures were issued after a Freedom of Information Act request by data company Imation Mobile Security.
Russell Dietz is vice president and chief technology officer at SafeNet, a global leader in information security, and has more than 25 years of technology experience in the data management, security, embedded and distributed systems industries.
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At the end of 2005, a single consolidated data base of personnel security clearance information was established and is easily accessible by authorized users to confirm who already has what clearances.
One was to eliminate useless data to focus security on vital company information, he said.
As such, Charter and Epsilon have begun a comprehensive review of their data security protocols to further protect your information and are working with law enforcement to catch the criminals responsible for this breach.
An Edelman study found that 90% of consumers are concerned about the data security and privacy of their online information, and roughly 70% reported that privacy and security was a concern they had towards their social media accounts.
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This unchecked flow of data is a new source of sensitive information and creates security loopholes for serious cyber attacks.
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Medical-related institutions hosting data, such as date of birth information, social security numbers and medical records, are also higher risk.
The default is for privacy (opt-in) for specific personal details such as Social Security numbers, financial data, or health information, according to Andy Davis, Hollings's communications director.
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Lounging outside near one of the seventeen "data toilet" portapotties that housed the network routers, Andy Muller-Maguhn said the camp reflected a cultural movement concerned with data security, privacy and the free flow of information.
Such standards and data collection will take into account the varying security and information environments where U.S. programs operate.
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Forrester also provides strategic consulting services to help organizations navigate data security and privacy issues at every step of the information lifecycle.
That they have not hired the right leadership for security, implemented the right program, and then taken the correct tactical steps (for Gawker: exercising an incident response plan, implementing password complexity and use requirements, having an intrusion management strategy, having a data breach plan) in the context of an overall information security strategy.
The data breach that occurred at Fidelity National Information Services last week was a security professional's nightmare.
On the other hand, these applications can present security risks, such as an unintended transfer of information and data on the smartphone via the network.
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Regardless of the military and political repercussions of WikiLeaks' latest release, its revelations should serve as a reminder for the information security community: Chinese cyberspies or Eastern European cybercriminals may threaten your data.
Regardless of the repercussions for U.S. Armed Forces and political leaders that will come out of this sudden dose of involuntary transparency, the leak should serve as another reminder for the information security community: Chinese cyberspies or Eastern European cybercriminals may threaten your data.
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The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has been working on a framework that sees data protection as a basic human right, a protection that is offered to consumers within a social context.
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The FBI made 16, 511 national security letter requests for information regarding 7, 201 people in 2011, the latest data available.
But can the cyber-security initiative--a joint project of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency--plug these private-sector data leaks without accessing the sensitive information of government-connected companies and their employees?
Unfortunately, people operate on human time scales and are simply incapable of discovering all of the information about a network that changes from hour to hour and turning that data into changes in the configuration of security devices.
By combining public information from social networks and facial-recognition technology, the researchers used a webcam on a college campus to identify people by name, and then by using information from their social-network profiles also predict sensitive personal data, such as hobbies and Social Security numbers.
Pentagon officials said they would not discuss how the statistics were derived because of security concerns that such information could give clues to how U.S. intelligence officers collect their data.
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