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Security downplayed by cloud providers
Up to 73 percent of U.S. service provides and 75 percent of those in Europe say that their cloud services do not substantially protect and secure customers' confidential data, reports eWeek. The
Survey: IT professionals uncertain about self-encrypting hard disk drives
A recent survey of 517 IT practitioners conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) has brought some surprising findings to the fore. Primarily, a third of
Study says a data breach costs $7.2 million
For the past five years, data breaches have grown more costly each year, reaching an average of $7.2 million per breach in 2010, according to a study by the Ponemon Institute and Symantec. Part of
New study says cybercrime costs enterprises $3.8 million a year
A new report by the Ponemon Institute has pegged the average cost of cyber attacks at $3.8 million a year. This figure comes from an actual study of 45 U.S. organizations involved in data breaches
U.S. data breach = $204 per lost record
Lost business is the greatest factor in the overall cost of a data breaches, and the cost continues to rise, according to a report by the Ponemon Institute. Data breach notification laws may not be
Cyberthieves target SMB bank accounts
Cybercriminals have a new method to their madness. They are targeting the online bank accounts of small and medium sized businesses at unprecedented rates. A new survey by the Ponemon Institute and
Survey: Most firms don't protect mobile devices
What good is having a super security system to protect your company against cyberattacks, if you still leave the back door open? A new Ponemon Institute report identified just that problem when it
Recovery firms may steal your data
There's a red flag going up for IT executives who need their computers fixed. While plenty of organizations have an in-house IT shop to handle repairs, many smaller companies do not, and they rely on
Companies lag in managing threats to development environments
Most IT practitioners don't think their company has adequate policies to manage threats to data in development environments, according to a new survey by the Ponemon Institute. Seventy-five percent
Survey: Employees ignore data security
A new study by the Ponemon Institute finds that many employees are engaging in sloppy behavior that could jeopardize a firm's data security. Nearly 70 percent of the 967 IT professionals surveyed
