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Security: Human Error and Glitches Result in Costly Data Breaches

By Dick Weisinger

Despite the worry of hackers and cyber-espionage, most data breaches are the result of human mistakes, negligence or unexpected system glitches.  Larry Ponemon said that “eight years of research on data breach costs has shown employee behavior to be one

Security: Data Continues to Leak from Large Numbers of Data Breaches

By Dick Weisinger

Businesses and governments of all sizes have become targets of computer hacking.  A Verizon security report notes that “from pubs to public agencies, mom-and-pops to multi-nationals, nobody is immune.”. A report by the Ponemon Institute found that small businesses and

Data Security: Employees often aren't Sensitive in the Handling of Confidential Data

By Dick Weisinger

IT security professionals aren’t optimistic about how well they’re able to protect their company’s data.  70 percent say that they would not bet on their company avoiding a data breach over the next six months.  That’s the result of a

Cloud Security: Businesses Juggle Security with the Benefits of BYOD Productivity

By Dick Weisinger

What’s the top issue keeping IT security professionals awake at night?  The policy around ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD).  78 percent say that that one issue causes them the most worry and that it poses a “somewhat or very significant

Cloud Computing Security: IT Leaders Too 'Hands Off' When it Comes to Cloud Security

By Dick Weisinger

About half of organizations have policies in place that for vetting cloud computing applications for possible security risks before deploying them, according to a report from the Ponemon Institute on the state of Cloud User Security in 2013.  The group