Confidental Data news from FierceCIO

Like most state universities, Indiana University maintains large volumes of sensitive information, including healthcare data, social security numbers and financial data. As faculty, students and Read more...

Everyone has sent off an email to the wrong person. After all, we're all human and make mistakes. But it's time to rethink how quickly you may shoot off an email, IM or tweet because if it's sent to Read more...

Companies are grappling with growing disclosure of sensitive or confidential information by employees who are either posting information online or leaking it to bloggers. A recent survey conducted by Read more...

IBM researchers in Israel have developed new data-masking technology that filters sensitive data from unauthorized viewers before it reaches their computer screens, according to an article in Read more...

The numbers are quite disturbing, and should be sobering for CIOs whose operations have been hit hard by the economic downturn. A recent survey by the Ponemon Institute found an alarming degree of Read more...

The economy is casting many companies by the wayside, and raising concerns that electronic records with personal and confidential data are not being protected. "Certain companies have been disposing Read more...

A survey of 945 individuals who were laid off, fired or quit their jobs in the past 12 months found that 59 percent admitted stealing company data and 67 percent said they used their former company's Read more...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have figured out a new way to help IT administrators assess security risks using attack graphs and the National Vulnerability Read more...

Computerworld reports that a Russian security firm is having difficulty dealing with "ransomware'' attacks where hackers have planted malware that encrypts files and then displays a message demanding Read more...

It's getting to be an all-too-familiar problem--a breakdown in controls combined with carelessness leading to theft of confidential data. The latest example is the confirmation by Bank of New York Read more...