Data Compromise with Phishing Attack

In another case of cyber theft, Gannett warns employees of a possible data breach. We learned of this from Kalb in their article, “USA Today owner Gannett warns workers of possible breach.” Gannett is the publisher of USA Today and many other newspapers across the country. Their employees have been warned that about 18,000 current…

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Cyber Security a Concern in All Organizations

A hacker claims to have followed through on a threat to release several episodes from an upcoming season of Netflix’s hit series Orange Is The New Black, after a production vendor suffered a breach. This interesting news came to us from The Associated Press in their article, “Hacker Claims Release of Stolen Copies of Netflix Series.”…

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Security Concerns Drive Development

The fear of data breaches is constant for most information management professionals. Staying compliant and keeping data secure drive their day-to-day. CMS Wire brought this news to our attention in their article, “Data Breaches, Security Fears Drive Information Management Policies.” Those same concerns are key drivers for information management initiatives in enterprises. A recent study by the Association of…

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Staying Alert

It seems like data security, ransomware, and insider threats have been in the headlines for the past year. Will that remain true for 2017? This interesting information was brought to our attention by Nextgov in their article, “Why Machine Learning Will Help Improve Government Cybersecurity in 2017.” It’s clear hackers have polished their art and are overcoming the…

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The Future of Cybersecurity

The future is becoming increasingly connected to the web. Some techniques, such as data mining, are being used to harness this raw information to give insight into the future of cybersecurity. CIO brought this information to our attention in their article, “How big data can drive the future of cybersecurity.” Big data has the potential to give us…

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The Biggest Risk is Inside

Data security for any organization is of great importance. Keeping hackers out of their systems and data is a huge part of their information management plans. But what about the employees? What measures are in place to protect the data from staff? This interesting information came to us from DARK Reading in their article, “60% of…

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Finding a Safe Place

With all the fear of data security lapses and breaches, it is surprising to find that data on a mobile device is quite possibly the safest. This interesting information came to us from InfoWorld in their article, “Mobile is still the safest place for your data.” We have heard many times from IT professionals and…

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Protecting Data and Users

Data breaches and security has never been more of a focus for most organizations. It’s not just hackers or rogue employees that are causing worries. Financial Planning brought this to our attention in their article, “Don’t let this data breach threat end your business.” Organizations are building processes and protocols for “when” they are victims of…

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Cyber Attacks Are Everywhere

Cyber attacks are of concern to every type of organization – even the national government. Reuters (along with many, many others) reported on the growing concern around cyber attacks affecting the recent national elections in their article, “Obama orders review of 2016 election cyber attacks.” U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence agencies to review…

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