Research results independently conducted by the Ponemon Institute from over 1,350 practitioners involved in application development and testing across the U.K. and the U.S., clearly state that organizations are risking and exposing the confidential data of their customers by failing to secure that sensitive data during the testing and application development processes.
Click here to get more of the results of this revealing study.
The Health Data Management publication group recently announced the final rule(s) governing the reporting of data breaches by vendors of personal health records (PHR’s) and online applications that interact with PHR’s.
Read this article for more information on this important privacy and information security topic.
In an earlier post this afternoon our blog addresed the continually growing numbers of companies reporting data breaches. In another posting on the same subject, which was posted in paymentnews, which is produced by and is a service mark of Glenbrook Partners, LLC, we see yet another announcement to the public identifying a potential data breach of thier client’s personal data.
We cannot stress enough to encourage all companies to continue diligently preparing themselves for a potential data breach of their private data …. as these reports of data breach continue to escalate, no longer is this threat just a point of discussion. Continued action, adaptation and more action is required if a company is to have even a fair chance of overcoming this threat to their organization’s brand and continued customer loyalty.
