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• Anthem, Yahoo To Shell Out Additional Money Over Data Breaches

  This week saw additional headaches for two US companies involved in major data breaches (we're talking top ten in US history to date). Yahoo, now a part of Verizon, has agreed to settle a lawsuit for $50 million. In addition, Anthem, Inc. – the Indiana... Posted Oct 26 2018, 03:00 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, HIPAA, data security, law, computer data security, identity theft, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, patient data encryption, hospital encryption

• Most of the Used Memory Cards Bought Online Are Not Properly Wiped

  According to tests carried out by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), nearly two-thirds of memory cards bought used from eBay, offline auctions, and second-hand shops were improperly wiped. That is, the researchers were able to access... Posted Jul 12 2018, 09:16 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, data security, hard drive encryption, encrypted data, computer data security, endpoint security, file encryption, data at rest encryption, encryption software, identity theft, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, file security, personal information encryption, best encryption

• Australia's Notifiable Data Breaches Law Nets 31 Reports In 3 Weeks

  A new Australian law appears to be succeeding in finally unveiling the current state of data breaches in the Land Down Under. According to a release by the country's information commissioner's office (the OAIC), thirty-one data breaches were reported... Posted Mar 23 2018, 03:44 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, laptop encryption, data security, computer data security, information security, data at rest encryption, identity theft, endpoint security breach, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, Australia encryption, data in motion encryption, government encryption, healthcare

• Fresno State Hard Drive Stolen, 15000 Affected

  At least 15,000 California State University, Fresno "student athletes, sports-camp attendees, and Athletic Corporation employees" were affected by a data breach earlier in the year, according to kmph.com and other news sites. A hard drive, 18... Posted Mar 09 2018, 02:42 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, laptop encryption, law, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, computer data security, identity theft, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, endpoint security breach, hdd encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, portable drive encryption, external drive encryption software, personal information encryption

• HIPAA Security Trickle-down? Notifications State Sensitive Information Not Contained In Stolen Devices

  According to databreaches.net , two medical entities recently alerted patients of a data breach: Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC) and Nevro Corporation. In the case of EMMC, an external hard drive went missing. For Nevro, a number of laptops were stolen... Posted Feb 08 2018, 06:44 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, HIPAA, law, computer data security, data at rest encryption, identity theft, disk encryption, computer encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, medical data encryption, patient data encryption, government encryption, hospital encryption, healthcare

• Coca-Cola Laptop Theft Lawsuit From 2014 Still Ongoing

  Over at bna.com , Bloomberg Law reminds us that there are a number of "legal battles over workplace cybersecurity being waged" in the USA. For example, ENSLIN v. THE COCA-COLA COMPANY ET AL , which has been ongoing since 2014. The breach was... Posted Jan 19 2018, 06:43 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, laptop encryption, hard drive encryption, endpoint security, identity theft, hard disk encryption, notebook data encryption, computer encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, government encryption