Data Loss Prevention Articles

Study: Few second-hand hard disks wiped clean

Angela Moscaritolo November 05, 2008

A significant proportion of hard disks analyzed in an ongoing study contained sensitive data about businesses and individuals.
 

Lipstick on a pig and how it relates to IT security

Calum Macleod, Western European director, Cyber-Ark November 03, 2008

Countless incidents of sensitive data loss are primarily due to the failure of organizations to implement the necessary technologies to ensure policies are enforced.
 

Health care data security breaches in the U.S.

Kevin Prince, chief architect, Perimeter eSecurity October 28, 2008

A new study provides a review of the scope and impact of data security breaches in the health care industry.
 

Academics predict growing cybercrime sophistication

Chuck Miller October 16, 2008

Data will continue to be the primary motive for future cybercrime, according to a 2009 forecast from researchers at Georgia Tech.
 

Study: Global information security improves, but still imperfect

Angela Moscaritolo October 15, 2008

A global security study discusses what has improved around information security over the past year and where there is room for improvement.
 

Frame injection exploits Google flaw

Angela Moscaritolo October 13, 2008

The login page for Google Mail can be spoofed so that an attacker can steal a user's credentials.
 

The searchable solution

Angela Moscaritolo October 10, 2008

Manually sorting through their archive to find thousands of emails needed for a discovery order was painstaking for Sacred Heart Hospital's IT staff, reports Angela Moscaritolo.
 

Cybergang moles steal company data

Dan Raywood October 02, 2008

Criminal gangs have been placing staff members in companies to operate as moles, an internet security expert said.
 

Study: Employees engage in risky computing

Angela Moscaritolo October 01, 2008

Common employee behavior may result in data loss or leakage of a company's intellectual property, a new study concludes.
 

Network health

Greg Masters September 03, 2008

Monitoring and controlling who is accessing data at a health care facility has gotten simpler, reports Greg Masters.