Even the tiniest security gap can lead to a data breach. After a $5.5 million settlement, Nationwide Insurance’s breach serves as just one example of the growing number of data breaches each year—making it all the more important you have protections in place. What Happened Even the tiniest serious...
Estimates suggest that approximately 15 million Americans have their identities used fraudulently each year, which equals roughly 7% of the adult population. Data breaches of epic proportions are constantly making headlines. Large companies, such as Target, Yahoo, and even the federal government get hacked, and individuals across the U.S....
Data breaches happen a lot more often than anyone likes to hear. It’s hard to determine if data breaches are completely unavoidable, but there are ways to secure your company to make it harder for hackers to get in, or if they do, they can’t do as much damage. ...
Are you the type of person who gets anxious when someone looks through your phone for too long? They might just be looking through pictures you took together, but the longer they hold onto your phone, the more uncomfortable you get. Now imagine someone having complete access to...
With the rapid acceleration of technologies and their potential for both storing and transferring mass amounts of information, there are many new threats and insecurities to proprietary and personal information than ever before. Although anyone watching the email scandal of the 2016 US election or the recent headlines of...
Today, much of the healthcare industry is shifting with increasing speed towards electronic health record systems (EHR). Streamlining healthcare management for millions of patient records by simplifying access as well as version control, there are still threats for medical identity theft to nevertheless look out for. Whether from a...
Whether it’s posting the wrong photo, or not paying attention to the terms and conditions when downloading from an internet browser, these are the top mistakes you’re making online that hackers love. Top Mistakes You’re Making Online Filling Out Online Forms – There is a difference here when filling...
Despite warnings by experts on password security and numerous data breaches, password habits today tend to lean more toward the side of lesser security—and sadly as data shows, the proof of that is, as they say, in the pudding. Over 60% of recent data breaches have stemmed from default,...
Passwords have been our primary source of security since the beginning of the digital age, and their origins can be traced back to ancient times. As technology progresses, hackers with malicious intent find new ways to crack passwords and steal information. As society delves deeper into the digital world...
It’s a highly contentious debate—what is the best way to secure our electronic information: a password or a biometric form of identification? Passwords can be hacked fairly easily, especially considering more than 65% of people still use simple passwords, such as “123456” or “password”. But biometrics may pose an...
