Posts Tagged ‘Data Security’
What you can learn from the Marriott and Yahoo data breaches
It seems like a day doesn’t go by without news breaking of another data breach plaguing another company. A recent news story reported that data was stolen from up to 500 million guests who made reservations at Marriott’s Starwood properties. Cybersecurity experts claim that during a smaller 2015 breach, Marriott should have noticed unauthorized access…
Read MoreIn a world of big data, how do you make sense of it all?
In the past two years, humans have created more data than in the entire history of the human race. That’s a crazy fact to think about. So let’s think about it on a smaller scale. In the 2012 summer issue of Stanford Medicine, an article featured the chair of the Stanford’s Genetics Department and his…
Read MoreShred those hard drives and save yourself some headaches!
Sure, it’s easy to just throw away a laptop or PC in the dumpster behind your workplace, or in the back of an apartment complex. Did you know that dumpsters are among the first places identity thieves look for the opportunity to steal credit card numbers or bank transaction information? Although we’d all like to…
Read MoreWhy should you protect your information assets – Data Protection
It seems like an easy question to answer, but many businesses simply don’t protect their records or other data beyond the basics. Having a designated place in your office or place of business for records seems like it should be good enough, or having one employee who takes care of the records because “they know…
Read MoreDon’t SMASH it, SHRED it!
The comedian Gallagher was famous for smashing things with a big wooden mallet, called the Sledge-O-Matic. In his routine, he smashed everything from routine household items to watermelons. And just like Gallagher, taking a hammer to your hard drive is one way to destroy it. Did you know it can be shredded just like a…
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