CNET News writer, Lance Whitney, shared his comments on the findings from a recent McAfee report titled “The Security Paradox“.  (Read this report)

One of the most revealing findings of this report address the fact that more mid-sized companies are being attacked by cybercriminals at the same time that those same companies are freezing their IT Security budgets.

Those security breaches can also be expensive — the study found that over the last year, 1 out of 5 mid-sized companies surveyed lost $41,000 in sales on average as a result of a breach.

There are many other revealing facts f rom this study that make this report and Lance Whitney’s summary article well worth reading.

It was just announced that there is an extension to the enforcement date of the Red Flag Rules.  At the request of Members of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has set June 1, 2010 as the newest enforcement date for this Identity Theft related ruling.

You can read this FTC announced press release regarding this decision by clicking here……

ICSA Labs, a security products testing and certification firm, has announced a new certification process and program that will address threats of security risks in networked devices such as fax machines and printers.  This new program will include vendor certifications to allow consumers an option to be aware of those vendors who have taken the extra steps to have their products validated as claimed by an independent third party audit and testing process.

Joan Goodchild, a senior editor for the CSO magazine, has written a great article entitled “Is Your Printer Secure?” which talks about these same issues  – only in more detail. 

You can read that article in its entirety by clicking the following link: 

http://www.csoonline.com/article/502720/Is_Your_Office_Printer_Secure_

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