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Majority of Businesses Lack Resources To Manage Cyber Threats

A recent Ponemon Institute study revealed what a lot of us have been saying for a long time.  Despite spending millions of dollars, 79 percent of the IT and IT security staff reported that their ability to identify and stop threats are either non-existent, ad hoc or inconsistently applied throughout the enterprise. The companies participating […]

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The Gap Between The Board and IT Security

The Ponemon Institute released a study that compares the views of about 7,000 Board members and 11,000 IT security people and the results show some interesting data. The first question is ” Our board of directors understands the security risks to the organization”.  While 70% of the board members agree or strongly agree with that […]

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Medical ID Fraud A Challenging Problem

The Medical Identity Fraud Alliance (MIFA) and the Ponemon Institute released their fifth annual study on Medical ID fraud. Short version of the results:  It is very costly, time consuming and complicated for consumers to resolve medical ID fraud and only 10 percent of the respondents to the study report achieving a completely satisfactory conclusion to the […]

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The simplest hack

CSO Magazine is reporting on an experiment conducted by the Ponemon Institute.  They sent researchers disguised as temporary employees, with temporary badges, into 43 offices belonging to 7 companies.  The management was aware of the plan but the office staffs were not aware. The researchers went into the offices, wandered around, took pictures of computer […]

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