Information Protection and Security

Connecticut's attorney general is looking for tougher protection for healthcare providers after records, which could be useful to identity thieves, were lost.
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Detected as a Blind SQLi problem, Imperva said that the vulnerabiliy was on the Yahoo job section, and could result in the information of large numbers of people being compromised.
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 Here's a great new video from the NCSA geared to 17-25 year olds.  It's fast moving, entertaining, and quick education for our students and anyone else interested.  The second video has been around for a while, and still good! 

Agency alleges that data broker didn't do enough to protect information after massive breach in 2005.

When their data is leaked by a business, individuals are four times more likely to suffer identity theft, Javelin study says.

A computer technician has been indicted in New York Supreme Court, charged with stealing the identities of more than 150 Bank of New York Mellon employees and using them to steal more than $1.1 million from charities, non-profit groups and other entities.

Dear Colleagues,

Each year we issue a reminder regarding the need to protect personal
confidential information to which we have been granted access in order
to fulfill the requirements of our job functions. The protection of
this information, also known as "Non-Public Personal Information"
(NPPI), is mandated by federal and state law, as well as Rutgers policy
(e.g., Rutgers Policy 50.3.9, http://policies.rutgers.edu).

All units and staff members that create, store, or transmit such
information are required to do so in a manner which protects NPPI.

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and Google paid homage to that fact by offering a brief tutorial on creating stronger passwords.  
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