Whether you’re planning to open a new division in the Bay Area or are worried about what will happen when you double your employee roster this year, you must keep your organization’s sensitive data safe. According to the 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM, the average cost for each record containing confidential information increased from $201 to $217 in 2015. The total average cost paid by organizations as a result of data breaches increased from $5.9 million to $6.5 million year-by-year, and the numbers are likely to increase over the long term. [Read more…] about How to Prevent Data Breaches
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Moving Beyond Passwords as a Means of Security
Passwords Becoming Passé
Psst! If you’ve been using “123456” or “password” as your security passwords on your computer or for your IT software, you may want to rethink your strategy.
According to a data breach security report from Verizon, about two-thirds of all breaches in 2014 were due to weak or stolen passwords. In fact, password management is one of the biggest threats to online security. In response, many companies have been exploring solutions that could take passwords entirely out of the picture. Sounds impossible? Welcome to the future of security. Here are just a few of the solutions being considered:
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