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Why You Should Care that the Average DDoS Attack Costs $500,000
Incapsula conducted a survey of IT professionals and found the average distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack cost their clients $500,000. The survey focused on mid- and large-size clients (250 –...
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Does Biometric Data Mean the End of Passwords? Visa & MasterCard Think So
Threatpost details new payment authentication technology from two credit card companies, Visa and MasterCard, which hope to improve security by using biometric data like fingerprints and cardiac...
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Add Value for Your Clients with Strategy, Not Technology
The New York Times offers this scary statistic: over the last 12 years, there's been a 10,000-fold increase in data security attacks. While the number of devices has also increased, this can't explain...
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Cyber Risks on the Road Bad News for IT Consultants
As more devices are Internet-enabled, cyber liability can follow an IT consultant everywhere. Even on the road. But many businesses don't think to have a policy that addresses the IT risks traveling...
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Why the 31% of Businesses without Cyber Insurance Should Scare You
Insurance Journal reports on a study that shows 60 percent of businesses think cyber risks are very high for them, but 31 percent still have no Cyber Liability Insurance whatsoever.You might be...
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iOS Malware Accesses Devices through Third-Party App Stores
Apple earned its sterling reputation for device security in part because iOS hadn't been hacked by malware. However, the company's reputation recently took a hit when a new strain of malware called...
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62% of Americans Worry about Smartphone Hacking; 53% Don't Secure Their Phones
According to a new Gallup poll, cyber crime is now the crime that most Americans worry about it. The new survey shows these startling numbers:69 percent of Americans worry about having their credit...
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Why You Should Care that the Average DDoS Attack Costs $500,000
Incapsula conducted a survey of IT professionals and found the average distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack cost their clients $500,000. The survey focused on mid- and large-size clients (250 –...
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Does Biometric Data Mean the End of Passwords? Visa & MasterCard Think So
Threatpost details new payment authentication technology from two credit card companies, Visa and MasterCard, which hope to improve security by using biometric data like fingerprints and cardiac...
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Add Value for Your Clients with Strategy, Not Technology
The New York Times offers this scary statistic: over the last 12 years, there's been a 10,000-fold increase in data security attacks. While the number of devices has also increased, this can't explain...
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Cyber Risks on the Road Bad News for IT Consultants
As more devices are Internet-enabled, cyber liability can follow an IT consultant everywhere. Even on the road. But many businesses don't think to have a policy that addresses the IT risks traveling...
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Give the Gift of Spam Awareness This Holiday Season
Krebs on Security reports that since November hackers have been using a new spam technique – phishing emails disguised as order confirmations from Target, Costco, Wal-Mart, and other big retailers – to...
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Uber Hiring Cyber Expert to Examine its Data Privacy
After a scandalous report that an Uber manager at the company's NYC office accessed a reporter's travel data without permission, the hail-a-ride start-up has hired a cyber liability expert to review...
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Brian Krebs, author of security blog Krebs on Security, gives a blow-by-blow account of a new data breach at Bebe in which hackers were able to steal credit card information from customers who made...
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Oh, Bebe: The Best Explanation of Point-of-Sale Hacks We've Ever Seen
Brian Krebs, author of security blog Krebs on Security, gives a blow-by-blow account of a new data breach at Bebe in which hackers were able to steal credit card information from customers who made...
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http://www.techinsurance.com/blog/cyber-risk/more-mobile-more-holes-more-it-s...
As part of our look ahead at 2015, let's examine how cyber security is expected to shift in the coming year. To begin, we'll look at mobile devices and new research that shows trends in device security...
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2015: More Mobile, More Holes – But Will There Be More IT Sales?
As part of our look ahead at 2015, let's examine how cyber security is expected to shift in the coming year. To begin, we'll look at mobile devices and new research that shows trends in device security...
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United Airlines Introduces 23,000 Potential Security Holes
Apple Insider reports that United Airlines will be equipping 23,000 flight attendants with new iPhone 6+ models, which will allow them to…Process customer transactions.Access safety manuals.Handle...
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US Justice Department Gets Serious about Cyber Crime
Insurance Journal reports that the US Justice Department will create a new unit focused on…Preventing cyber crime.Assisting private entities confused about data privacy laws.Encouraging information...
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Why Your Clients' Marketing Department Could Be Your Biggest Professional...
TechRadar suggests an interesting data security thought experiment: imagine that you actually had to pay more money to store protected personal information. In other words, if you wanted to store...
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