Verizon’s second Mobile Security Index finds that more organizations are compromising mobile security in order to “get the job done”, and in turn are facing a greater risk of data loss, downtime and damage to their reputation and customer relationships.

The Obama Administration had more damaging leaks than any Presidential Administration in modern history.

Sixty-six percent of data protection leaders admit that employees are the weakest link in an enterprise’s security posture, and 55 percent of organizations have had a security incident or data breach due to a malicious or negligent employee, according to the Ponemon Institute’s report on Managing Insider Risk through Training and Culture.

As identity theft and fraud become major moneymakers for criminals, the profile of a typical identity thief is changing

Formed in 1936, Nationwide’s corporate security department has had the same mission since its inception: “To help our company do business safely by filling a safety consultative role with the business leaders,” says Jay Beighley, Associate Vice President of Corporate Security.

Your privacy and security policies could be deemed to be unfair and deceptive, especially if there is a data breach.

IT security is complicated enough. The widespread adoption of BYOD mobile devices and the overall consumerization of IT promise to complicate security efforts exponentially. Are companies up to the challenge?

Take a closer look at some of the numbers for data breach investigations – are retail and financial organizations really so far behind the curve?