If you protect digital information without taking measures to protect the sensitive information found on physical documents, you are still at risk of an information breach. Workplace Privacy Policies are an effective way to extend your information security.

Threats to organizational and consumer privacy are on the rise. From ransomware to identity theft, businesses and individuals are under constant attack. To help protect organizations and consumers, Federal and State governments have enacted numerous laws to ensure the safe creation, storage, and destruction of sensitive information. Do you know how they impact your organization?

The annual Shred-it Data Protection Report is out, and the results are a little disconcerting. As insider risk increases, so does an organization’s risk of a breach.

Shred-it has just released their 2019 Data Protection Report and the insights are a little concerning. In this comprehensive study, 43% of C-Suite executives admitted their organizations have suffered data breaches and they cite “human error or accidental loss” as the main causes for their breaches.

We live in a digital world so it’s easy to think of information security in purely digital terms. But despite office modernization, paper is still a big part of our workflow; it’s estimated that the average office worker generates around 10,000 sheets of paper per year. So, if you’re building information security programs that focus only on digital protection, you may be doing only half the job.

The security breach notification requirements in the Maryland Personal Information Protection Act (MPIPA), or House Bill 1154, have been amended. 

One thing is clear, successful help desks need to be highly focused on customer service, yet they can present a security risk for the same reason they are in business, helping a user, says Barb Filkins, SANS analyst and author of a report based on a recent survey. The only real way to solve the problem is to build security into the business of help desk.

A lack of databases and publicly available information keeps communities in the dark regarding potentially hazardous chemicals such as ammonium nitrate.

The "secret" Fusion Cell involves 160 large UK companies and multiple intelligence agencies.