Data breach costs top $200 per customer record

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	Data breach costs top $200 per customer record The cost of a data breach rose last year to $204 per customer record, according to the Ponemon Institute. The average total cost of a data breach rose from $6.65 million in 2008 to $6.75 million in 2009. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Network Virtualization helps Reduce IT Operational Costs Network virtualization solutions extend the benefits of virtualization technologies throughout campus and distributed networks, reaching every endpoint and managing every user. This paper spans the following topics: - The business need for network virtualization - Definition of network virtualization - Overview of Cisco campus network virtualization solutions and their business benefits - Industry scenarios that illustrate Cisco network virtualization solutions Read more now! In this Issue Informing victims of identity theft Study: CISOs Keep Breach Costs Lower How we tested the Netgear STM600 security appliance Netgear targets SMB market with new security tool HP unveils extensive security services package Stop 11 Hidden Security Threats Port of Los Angeles Fights Crime Fighting With Mobile Video Internetwork Performance Monitor Vulnerability WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Securing Virtualized Data Centers - ebook The appeal of the cost savings, flexible capacity, and failover that virtualization enables is undeniable. The big question is can today's datacenter balance this increased flexibility with the need to maintain security policies and control over applications, along with the ability to prove compliance? This ebook provides the answers to critical virtualization security questions. Read Now Informing victims of identity theft Until recently, information assurance (IA) personnel and attorneys specializing in this area of the law have had to search for the appropriate governing laws for each jurisdiction. In this column, I review a valuable resource for locating the laws which apply to disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII) in each state in the United States and internationally. Read More Study: CISOs Keep Breach Costs Lower The latest "Cost of a Data Breach" survey from the Ponemon Institute finds companies with a CISO are better able to handle loss of sensitive information. Read More WHITE PAPER: WatchGuard When Pressing the Send Button Results In Compliance Violations Protecting confidential data is serious business. Failure may result in fat fines and even jail time - not to mention damage to your brand. WatchGuard's easy-to-use, all-inclusive email and web secure content and threat prevention appliances offer a complete data protection solution. Click here. How we tested the Netgear STM600 security appliance We tested the STM600 over a one-month period for anti-spam effectiveness, Web security and email configuration and features, and performance. Read More Netgear targets SMB market with new security tool Netgear's new security appliance takes on SMB stalwarts such as Fortinet and Barracuda by including key functions of antispam, antimalware, and Web content filtering into a single unit combining easy deployment and budget-preserving pricing. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire FISMA Prescriptive Guide Learn how Tripwire helps federal agencies, as well as the organizations and contractors that store, process or transmit federal information. The FISMA Prescriptive Guide contains case studies from three fictional federal agencies, each capturing the perspective of a key stakeholder in the FISMA compliance process. Click here. HP unveils extensive security services package HP Monday announced an extensive security-services portfolio that includes more than 90 basic offerings for application, identity and access management security to business continuity, cloud computing and managed services aimed at businesses and government. Read More Stop 11 Hidden Security Threats Do you know how to guard against scareware? How about Trojan horse text messages? Or social network data harvesting? Malicious hackers are a resourceful bunch, and their methods continually evolve to target the ways we use our computers now. New attack techniques allow bad guys to stay one step ahead of security software and to get the better of even cautious and well-informed PC users. Read More Port of Los Angeles Fights Crime Fighting With Mobile Video The Project: Deploy mobile communications software to enable transmission of live video to and from the Port of Los Angeles' control centers and harbor police in the field. The project is part of a $4.2 million integrated command console system designed to improve security responsiveness at the nation's busiest cargo port. Read More Internetwork Performance Monitor Vulnerability Cisco announced a vulnerability on Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) today at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20100120-ipm.shtml Internetwork Performance Monitor (IPM) is an add-on for the Cisco Works network management platform. IPM is a graphical utility that works very closely with service assurance agent (SAA) probes in a technology suite that Cisco... Read More
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