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GoDaddy breach: Up to 1.2 million user records compromised

November 23, 2021

A breach of the GoDaddy Managed WordPress hosting environment exposed information from up to 1.2 million users, including email addresses, login information and more.

Document protection and insider threats

Bob Burnett

November 19, 2021

When it comes to insider threats and document protection, security leaders can take a few practical steps to mitigating both intentional and unintentional breaches.

A 3-step approach for healthcare organizations to elevate cybersecurity

Jay Abdallah

November 10, 2021

By performing a risk assessment, mitigating potential threats and working with managed service providers, healthcare organizations can better protect themselves from cyberattacks.

Experian: More Than a Third of Companies are Unprepared to Respond to a Data Breach

Sixth annual corporate preparedness study also reveals that businesses lack confidence in preventing an attack.

March 4, 2019

Are companies ready for today's sophisticated cybercriminals and impact of data breaches? Experian's new study says that progress has been made, but companies need to do better.

Is Your Data Breach Response Plan Ready?

November 19, 2018

Fifty-six percent of organizations experienced a data breach involving more than 1,000 records over the past two years, and of those, 37 percent occurred two to three times and 39 percent were global in scope, according to Experian.

Are Data Breaches Unavoidable?

October 29, 2018

Eighty-four percent of CISOs in North America believe cybersecurity breaches are inevitable, and a lack of influence in the boardroom is making it difficult to justify the necessary cybersecurity budgets.

What’s an Incident Response Plan, Again?

Bart McDonough

June 7, 2018

A company is never able to predict when or by what means it may be targeted in a cyberattack, but it can prepare a robust response plan in the event of a breach. That response – contingent on the team, corporate processes and the technology that supports them – will ultimately determine whether a company ends up on the front page of The New York Times next to Equifax with its clients’ information on the Dark Web.

Is Cybersecurity Part of Your Customer Service Policy?

For ABC Fine Wine & Spirits in Florida, the path to data breach preparedness began with the realization that great customer service extends to customers’ data.

Claire Meyer

June 1, 2017

If a data breach can happen to Home Depot and Target, it can happen to us,” says Lee Bailey, Director of IT Security and Operations for ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, a mid-sized business in Florida with 140 locations and around 1,000 employees.

Been Hacked? Let That Be a Lesson to You

Steven Chabinsky

May 1, 2017

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” Although catchy, we all know that the real keys to success after failure are reflection and adaptation, not mere persistence.

The 5 New Year’s Resolutions CSOs Should Have Made

Loren Dealy Mahler

February 14, 2017

It’s February. We all know you aren’t going to the gym and eating a salad every day, so let’s stop pretending you’re keeping any of your other new year’s resolutions. But instead of beating yourself up, let’s talk about the resolutions you should have made – the ones that are actually going to stick and make your life easier. They might even impress your boss.