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SEC guidelines to prompt more breach disclosures

Under new guidelines issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday, public companies are supposed to report cyber attacks that could potentially lead to unexpected losses. Companies will

Grocery chain issues warning about tampered payment terminals

International grocery chain ALDI has issued a warning that customers in 11 states could have had their credit card data stolen by modified payment terminals. According to some reports, the hardware

Financial firms seek outside security pros

Financial services companies are looking for help in protecting themselves from hackers and data thieves, and to get the best protection, they are tapping external security providers. An article from

Data breaches on the rise

The Identity Theft Resource Center of San Diego has found that data breaches are on the rise. So far this year, 449 U.S. businesses, government agencies and universities have reported a loss or theft

Customer data should drive IT decisions

Michelle McKenna, the CIO at Universal Orlando Resorts, has some advice for her members of her profession--think like your customers and use your data to focus on your company's markets. "In today's

Data theft puts IT on hot seat

The tech industry has been analyzing and evaluating the recent theft of 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from the Hannaford supermarket chain, a Maine-based grocer. And what they are finding

Data loss costs a bundle

It doesn't matter whether you are the CIO of a big company or a small one. Losing customer data will always cost you plenty. The Ponemon Institute, an independent information practices research

In favor of probability models

Peter Fader, professor of marketing at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School tells CIO Insight that he hates to see companies waste time and money collecting terabytes of customer

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Making up for data breaches

It's one thing to shore up your security infrastructure and promise to keep your customers' data secure, but it's quite another in practice. If your company experiences an unfortunate data breach