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David & Goliath- A PCI Story
There are many people who feel PCI is ultimately a thinly-veiled credit card company scheme that makes businesses police themselves- when really, it’s to pass on the liability when credit card companies’ lax security results in a breach. This pass-the-buck-for-blame policy often leads to major fines and priceless damages for smaller businesses, and the case [...]
Webinar Tomorrow: Managing Sensitive and Confidential Data
Join the Axis Team for a Webinar tomorrow, November 16th: Managing Sensitive and Confidential Data in Development & Test Environments Does your organization have production data in development & test environments? Do you worry about the privacy of your test data? Do you share your production data with off-shore vendors? If you answered “Yes” or [...]
This Halloween, Put the Right Mask on Your Data!
With Halloween right around the corner, there are some articles that highlight spooky and frightening tales of data loss. While you’re probably not reading this in a dark room full of jack o’lanterns, these are good reads to send a shiver or two up your spine. (And make you shake your head at a few [...]
In the Citi
Another day, another breach. Yesterday Citigroup was yet one more company that disclosed thieves had accessed private data: Statement From Citigroup, Inc.: During routine monitoring, we recently discovered unauthorized access to Citi’s Account Online. A limited number – roughly one percent – of Citi North America bankcard customers’ account information (such as name, account number [...]
An Unhealthy Amount of Lost Data…
Per section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH Act, the government has made the names and causes of healthcare company data breaches public on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website. We downloaded the spreadsheet of 282 organizations and the top cause of lost data was personal. Some were blatant thefts, but most were accidental: [...]
