2018 Was a Year of Breaches — And It Likely Won’t Get Better Whether we admit it or not, breaches have become an expectation in today’s society. So much so, Fox News Channel 16 reported it is one of the three certainties of life, along with death and taxes. Somber note — but honestly rather […]
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Security Breaches Rise, Yet Households Report Less Concern? According to Javelin Strategy and Research, identity theft has risen for four consecutive years. Yet, in the 2017 survey from the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), only 57% of households reported concerns regarding data breaches, compared to 63% in 2015. Now, this would make sense […]
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Security Breaches Rise as the Number of People Who Care Decline… It seems as if we cannot go a single day without getting some kind of notification that yet another company was breached. Most recently was T-Mobile and Air Canada. However, with the increase in frequency, customers are becoming more and more desensitized to the […]
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Study Reveals Phishing Victims Found to Lose More Than Breach Victims Google conducted a yearlong study regarding the impacts of data breaches compared to phishing scams. The study found only 7% of individuals whose data was exposed due to a security breach, were still using the same password. Therefore, although the data was breached, cyber criminals […]
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Users May Not Be To Blame For Security Breaches Can users be to be blame for the security breaches that seem to be hitting nationwide? Not entirely, but they certainly seem to be the scapegoat. Employers must be held accountable for the technology they provide their employees. If they are not supplying an adequate security […]
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