Articles Tagged with ''data security''

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3 Steps to Building User-Friendly and Secure Systems

Marrying Security and UX – The Unlikely Couple
George Brostoff
Today organizations are faced with a dilemma when it comes to balancing the need to deliver an exceptional user experience on desktop and mobile devices and protecting company and personal data. Protection can run the gamut from no password needed, inputting a fingerprint or a litany of passwords every few minutes, or the use of more modern and secure innovations such as continuous biometric verification and recognition.
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Big Data Collection Needs Transparency for Public Acceptance

Kylie Bull

During a recent European Parliament meeting, Ana Gomes, a Portuguese member of the parliament said that while a thriving data-driven economy represents an opportunity for growth and employment, big data can also pose significant risks and challenges, particularly as regards fundamental rights, including privacy and data protection.


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Healthcare Institutions Ramping Up Data Security Prescriptions

Despite sensitivity of data, many have been slower to lock it down than other industries.
Ed Finkel
Hospitals and medical centers face a panoply of threats and challenges around data security, yet the healthcare field has not yet responded as quickly as others, according to chief information security officers (CISOs) and others close to such institutions.
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identity theft, fraud prevention, cybersecurity, data theft

Keeping Up with the Criminals through Fraud Detection

Peter Maynard

Fraudsters’ methods continually evolve to counter new fraud protection measures and with personally identifiable information, they could steal a customer’s identity or create a synthetic identity. Once a fraudster captures this information, if they are able to access a customer account or open an account, it creates a nightmare scenario with significant repercussions for the business and the customer.


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Developing Scenarios for More Effective Penetration Testing

Christopher Camejo

Ideally a penetration test should simulate a real world attack; in the real world, the attacker will always have some objective beyond “get into the network.”  No matter who the attacker is, they are motivated by something that they are trying to accomplish – and getting into the network is only one step in that process for the attacker.


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