Posts Tagged ‘data breach’
Sony CEO apologizes for massive data breach
Sony has said the attack may have compromised credit card data, email addresses and other personal information from 77 million user accounts. On Monday, it said data from an additional 24.6 million online gaming accounts also may have been stolen.
TOKYO -- Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer apologized for "inconvenience and concern" caused by the security breach that compromised personal data from more than 100 million online gaming accounts.
... He acknowledged criticism that Sony was slow to inform customers of the embarrassing breach, calling the issue a "fair question." As soon as the company discovered the potential scope of the problem, it suspended the network and hired technical experts to help, he said.
The network serves both the PlayStation video game machines and Sony's Qriocity movie and music services. The system links gamers worldwide in live play, and also allows users to upgrade and download games and other content.
Although Sony began investigating unusual activity on the PlayStation network on April 19, it did not notify consumers of the breach until April 26.
By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press, Updated: 05/06/2011 08:02:12 AM PDT Read the rest of the story here
Verizon Breach Report Shows Database Security Not Just About Credit Cards Anymore
Verizon found that a total of 64 percent of breach incidents included theft of authentication information, sensitive organizational data, intellectual property or classified information.
Read the rest of this article posted on Darkreading on Apr 22, 2011 By Ericka Chickowski
Simplify Student “Identity Proofing”
Higher education is responsible for nearly 25% of all the 250M data breaches in the US, so it's important to protect students from having their identities stolen and meet the student identity verification requirements as outlined in the the 2008 Education Act guidelines. BioSig-ID™ offers a simple, affordable solution that does not require hardware and exceeds the evolving identity management policies for student integrity in distance education.
With online enrollment increasing 12% annually, BSI’s solutions can be used efficiently in distance learning environments including discussion groups, attendance checking, paper submissions, or accessing personal student files.
BioSig-ID™ captures the way the student moves/draws their secret code with their mouse when they enroll in the system and creates a profile that is used to compare their signature using random, periodic, challenges. The student also enrolls in BSI’s second layer of "identity proofing" ClickID™ an image pattern recognition technology. The integrated solution offers a unique closed loop that allows the student ability to perform an automatic password re-set and avoid costly help desk calls.
BSI is the world’s only patented dynamic gesture biometric technology for Internet, Intranet, Fixed or Mobile devices
Accuracy exceeds NIST standards
Provides exceptional Depth-in-Defense Authentication
Assures non-repudiation of origin (NRO) without the ...
Industry Use Cases
Securing Mobile and Cloud ComputingAs we become more mobile in our computing activities from banking, shopping, working and ...
Meet New FFIEC RequirementsThe Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released a supplement (June 28, 2011) to ...
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More coursework to fight academic fraud?
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New Study from ID Analytics Shows over 2.5 Million Deceased Identities Fraudulently Being Used
The identities of nearly 2.5 million deceased Americans are used improperly to apply for credit products and services each year, according to a new study released today from ID Analytics'
