Following a breach that resulted in the exposure of millions of Social Security numbers, South Carolina's inspector general wants the state to adopt a more centralized approach to information security.
Understanding your organization's security posture can mean the difference between data that's protected from attackers and a breach that can result in major financial and reputational harm.
This month's news briefs include the massive South Carolina breach, the detection of MiniFlame, and the debacle Barnes & Noble faced after scammers tampered with its devices.
A database server, containing personal information of hundreds of thousands of people affiliated with Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., was publicly accessible for nearly 3 1/2 years.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is alerting hundreds of patients that a former resident physician stored confidential medical documents without consent.
More than two years after gray-hat hacker Andrew Auernheimer exploited a flaw in AT&T's website, which led to users' email addresses being leaked, a jury in New Jersey returned a guilty verdict.
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