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In February of this year, the University of North Carolina-Charlotte issued a statement that a breach had occurred. It now seems to have been a serious one.  As of the statement on May 9th (.pdf), it looks as though more than 350,000 social security numbers (along with other personal detai ...

A recent Quocirca blog post pointed out there were good business reasons for disclosing data breaches as well as an increasing number of regulatory ones. For those organisations not convinced by these arguments and still intent on attempting to brush leaks under the carpet, there is new evidence tha ...

There has been plenty written, not least by Quocirca, on the danger of data loss and how to prevent it. Less has been said about how to clear up afterwards; when the measures taken to protect a business from such losses have failed or were not present in the first place. In particular the responsibi ...

As I have done in a previous post, I am taking this opportunity to share with our online audience some of the letters we receive regarding our online and print coverage. This letter comes from a reader of our most recent issue, and my response to his comments can be found below the letter. As always ...

Often when I chat with people within the industry, the one thing I expect is a consistent message akin to a broken record. De-perimiterization, consumerization, defense in depth – the list of things I hear brought up in nearly every conversation is as fine tuned as a political candidate&rsqu ...

CNN continues to report on the compromise of email addresses and names from Epsilon systems over the weekend and the potential impact it may have on net citizens. There is fear and uncertainty that comes with any compromise, but it is important to understand where this activity sits in the process o ...

A good article in InfoSecurity on May 5th on the HITECH act got me thinking (as good articles should) about health records, security, and well, all things HIPAA-ish. I certainly agree with much of what was said, and I think it’s clear that the pressure is ramping up rapidly to not only comply ...