Although cyberattacks are becoming more complex, according to Verizon’s recently released 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report, hackers are continuing to use “decades-old techniques such as phishing and hacking” in order to access information.
New research from leading market analysts, Juniper Research, suggests that the rapid digitisation of consumers’ lives and enterprise records will increase the cost of data breaches to $2.1 trillion globally by 2019, increasing to almost four times the estimated cost of breaches in 2015.lit.
The healthcare industry is experiencing a surge in data breaches, security incidents, and criminal attacks—exposing millions of patients and their medical records—according to the latest Ponemon Institute study, sponsored by ID Experts®, the Fifth Annual Benchmark Study on Privacy & Security of Healthcare Data. R
InfoSec Community Forums Security breaches seem to be the norm now. Home Depot, Target, Sony, JP Morgan Chase to name a few who have been in the recent past, victim of “sophisticated” system compromise which ultimately lead to sensitive information leaked to the open. It is difficult to tell how sophisticated the attack was since …
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54 percent of patients say they would be “very” or “moderately likely” to change providers after a security data breach impacting their personal health information, according to a recent survey conducted by Software Advice.
Security experts warn 2015 may be the year of the health care hack: In light of recent high-profile security breaches at medical organizations, they anticipate patient data theft will increase.
Patients are increasingly troubled about security breaches that involve personal health information, with 45 percent saying they were at least moderately concerned, prompting some to even withhold certain personal information from their doctors, according to a survey from Software Advice.
The 2015 Identity Fraud Study, released today by Javelin Strategy & Research (@JavelinStrategy), revealed that 2014 was a mixed year in the fight against identity fraud, with some advances and some setbacks.
Even the best-run companies will face a crisis. In today’s technology-driven environment, that crisis will likely be a cyber attack. Whether the situation has a severe impact on a company often depends on the board’s preparedness. Smart boards know that the best offense is a strong defense. Read more.
Files containing names, addresses, medical details and NI numbers have allegedly been sold for use by scammer. Barclays is under scrutiny by regulators and could face a hefty fine after thousands of confidential customer files were stolen in a data breach described as catastrophic by an adviser to the business secretary, Vince Cable. Read more.
