Data Breaches

As of mid-April, the number of reported data breaches was already up 12% over 2015 figures, and that’s despite the fact that 2015 data breaches were record-breaking at the time. Though not all of 2016 data breaches have been “mega” breaches, with “only” around 11.27 million records exposed thus far this year, a new survey revealed that the majority of organizations are concerned about the prospect of a “big”...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced two resolution agreements in March over potential violations of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, reaching high figures for penalty fines.

The risks presented by the endpoint are a growing concern in government data security. This past month, The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released draft publications on how to securely support the growing use of mobile devices and telework at federal agencies, following research that indicates the problem of gaining visibility into the endpoint.

Did you know that Absolute offers Incident Response Services? Our Professional Services team offers a range of InfoSec Services to help you strengthen your security posture to prevent data breaches, but also provides on-demand access to incident management and incident response experts in your moment of need.

Data breaches are costly, and those costs are rising. Organizations today face a rising number of regulators issuing fines, above and beyond those at the State or Federal level or imposed by laws such as HIPAA and the GrahamLeach-Bliley Act. We’ve seen the FCC step up data security enforcement, as well as the SEC and FTC both stepping up their game. Given the global nature of many organizations, laws...