Information Security Blog

Ethical Hacker Roundup – Technology Doesn’t Stop

These Technology IT Security links are part of a weekly series, Ethical Hacker Roundup, featuring the information security and cyber security related articles that we’ve read over and thought worth sharing from the past week.

These articles have were emailed to us, shared on Twitter @pivotpointsec, Google Plus and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

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Popular Web Host Hacked

Dreamhost is ...

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Zapped With A Data Security Breach

Zapped With A Data Security Breach

passwordsOn Sunday, January 15 2012, Zappos notified its employees that there was a data breach in their internal network. The breach made headlines and news around the world, which makes sense considering the popularity of the eCommerce company. I believe that CEO, Tony Hsieg, handled the situation beautifully and I look forward to seeing the outcome of the breach.

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Why ISO-27001 Certifying A Private Cloud Makes Sense

Why ISO-27001 Certifying A Private Cloud Makes Sense

One of our clients is a large New Jersey County which embarked on a shared services initiative several years ago at the direction of the County Freeholders to attempt to curb spiraling property taxes. In addition to centralizing services like snow removal, health services, and senior programs – the initiative included a number of implicit/explicit shared services with notable information technology/security ramifications including; shared IT Services, web hosting, law enforcement data sharing, and medical insurance ...

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Ethical Hacker Roundup – Patching eGov

Ethical Hacker Roundup – Patching eGov

These Government IT Security links are part of a weekly series, Ethical Hacker Roundup, featuring the information security and cyber security related articles that we’ve read over and thought worth sharing from the past week.

These articles have were emailed to us, shared on Twitter @pivotpointsec, Google Plus and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

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Salem County, ...

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HIPAA Woes – Password Protected Mobile Devices

HIPAA Woes – Password Protected Mobile Devices

1 in 7 Password Protected Mobile Devices Aren’t!

Is this a  HIPAA headache? Over the course of the last few years we have experienced a notable increase in our Healthcare Practice area with three main drivers:

  • Increased burden of proof (e.g., United Healthcare won’t do business with you anymore unless you can prove you are secure)
  • Third Party Woes (e.g., with 62% of personal health information breaches attributable to third-parties – we ...
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