Archive for the ‘Data Breach Resources’ Category

Protecting Patient Privacy

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Healthcare organizations arguably hold the most personal and sensitive information that we possess. While HIPAA has provided for protection of the privacy of this information for a number of years, there appears to have been little in the way of enforcement of HIPAA during this period. With the passage of ...

Reduce the Impact of a Data Breach

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

by Doug Pollack "Thirty-one percent of customers—nearly one-third of a company's client base and revenue source—are terminating their relationship with organizations following a data breach, according to a recent study by the Ponemon Institute." Rick Kam, president of ID Experts provides guidance in a recently published article in CSO Magazine titled "How ...

Q&A on New Ponemon Study

Monday, May 19th, 2008

  IT Business Edge recently published a question and answer style interview with Doug Pollack at ID Experts concerning the recently released Ponemon Institute study titled "Consumers' Report Card on Data Breach Notification". The interview highlights key findings in this study which surveyed individuals who had been involved in one or more ...

A chronology of data breaches since 2005

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Only a true data breach geek would be excited for this resource - a chronology of data breaches since 2005. The overall number they're reporting as being the total number of records containing sensitive material being compromised in a data breach since January 2005 is 223,685,799. That's right: ...