Breach

As the threat landscape worsens, efforts by security professionals to defend networks are hampered by tight budgets, participants on a panel agreed at Wednesday's SC Congress New York.

Northern California-based Sutter Health is the second major health care organization to fall victim to a major breach of unencrypted data.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) sounded an alert at least two months before a massive internet intrusion was spotted at the Treasury Board of Canada.

Hackers accessed a sensitive computer server containing the personal information of faculty and students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond.

Throughout the day, SC Magazine will be announcing the finalists from each of its 32 award categories, covering the Reader Trust, Professional and Excellence sections.

Netherlands-based KPN Corporate Market, a major telecommunications firm, has decided to exercise caution after uncovering a possible web server breach.

Consumers are more willing than ever to sue following a data breach, but they face an uphill climb in court. However, a recent court ruling may flip the odds in their favor.

The crown jewels of any organization is its data, but without applications the data is not useful, says SC Magazine Technology Editor Peter Stephenson.