File-sharing blamed for government data leak

March 13, 2009 by Sam Narisi · Comments Off
Filed under: Employee computer use, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security and law

Potentially sensitive engineering data about government-owned helicopters was recently accessed by unauthorized users — through a common method hackers are stealing companies’ data today. Read more

Tags: data breach, file sharing, peer-to-peer networks

New laws put HR on hot seat for ID theft

April 28, 2008 by Sam Narisi · Comments Off
Filed under: Document retention, Security and law, Special Report

In a recent court case, one company that thought it was buttoned-up against ID theft ended up paying $550K to employees because of a security breach. That’s just one example of how new data security laws are raising the stakes for HR and IT. Read more

Tags: data breach, employee data, HR security, identity theft