Articles Tagged with ''IT security''

With 63 percent of schools experiencing malware outbreaks or unauthorized user access at least twice a year, the results of a Panda Security survey indicate that IT security is a resource-heavy, time-consuming effort that schools struggle to manage efficiently.
 

Cyber criminals have taken over social media websites and e-mails to target consumers donating for Japan's disaster relief.

For the first time, industry groups and civil liberties interests have come together to advocate a comprehensive, common approach to cybersecurity.

EMC, the world's biggest maker of data storage computers, said that its security division has been hacked.

A new report shows that even in industries that are heavily regulated like healthcare, 14 percent of sites had a serious vulnerability throughout the year.

Social media sites have ranked the lowest in public opinion when it comes to safeguarding personal data.

The cost of a data breach? $214 per compromised record and averaged $7.2 million per data breach event, says the Ponemon's U.S. Cost of a Data Breach report.

Purdue University has been awarded more than $1 million from the National Science Foundation to provide support for students seeking advanced degrees in information security.

A computer security breach has been reported at the University of South Carolina-Sumter.

More than six million Americans have been affected by security breaches of their protected electronic health information since August 2009, according to a recent report. Sixty-one percent of the breaches are a result of "malicious intent."