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  • Green earthquake alert (magnitude 4.7M and depth 10km) in Iran 21/05/2013 23:38 UTC, 190000 people within 100km.
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  • Westwood expands its Office of Emergency Management - NorthJersey.com
  • How AT&T keeps you connected after even the worst disasters - BGR
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Data Lost During Disaster Exercise May Have Exposed 800,000 People

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Written by Phil on April 10, 2012 in Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, InfoSecurity, Testing.

A disaster preparedness exercise to ensure California’s child support system could be run remotely went smoothly, except for one casualty: the names, Social Security numbers and other private records of about 800,000 adults and children.

Continue reading Data Lost During Disaster Exercise May Have Exposed 800,000 People

Tags: data breach, data loss

Survey: Business continuity, not data breaches, a top concern for tech firms

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Written by Phil on June 2, 2010 in Business Continuity, InfoSecurity, survey.

A new “risk factors” list from consultancy BDO finds security worries about data leakage are not top of mind – at least as expressed in their SEC filings.

Continue reading Survey: Business continuity, not data breaches, a top concern for tech firms

Tags: Business Continuity, data breach, informatio security, InfoSecurity, risk factors, survey

Study: Cost of data breach in U.S. is highest world wide

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Written by Phil on May 19, 2010 in InfoSecurity.

A global study of data breach costs conducted by the Ponemon Institute finds notification laws have dramatic impact on the price tag.

Continue reading Study: Cost of data breach in U.S. is highest world wide

Tags: data breach, information security, InfoSecurity

Airport Insecurity: The Case of Lost Laptops

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Written by Phil on February 2, 2010 in InfoSecurity.

Do you ever worry about losing your laptop computer while rushing to catch a flight at a busy airport?

Continue reading Airport Insecurity: The Case of Lost Laptops

Tags: data breach, data loss, lost laptop, mobile workforce

Costs of a Data Breach: Can You Afford $6.65 Million?

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Written by Phil on March 24, 2009 in InfoSecurity.

Affixing a dollar cost to a problem has immense benefit, and The Ponemon Institute goes to great lengths to arrive at the figures for its Annual Cost of a Data Breach Study.

Continue reading Costs of a Data Breach: Can You Afford $6.65 Million?

Tags: cybersecurity, data breach, information security, InfoSecurity

Survey: Annual study reveals cost of a data breach keeps climbing

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Written by Phil on February 11, 2009 in InfoSecurity, survey.

Data breaches cost organizations $202 per exposed record last year, a 2.3 percent increase over 2007, concluded the fourth annual Ponemon Institute study just released. Continue reading Survey: Annual study reveals cost of a data breach keeps climbing

Tags: data breach, InfoSecurity

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