Enterprise data privacy management
CIOs face regular enterprise data security and privacy issues as they are expected to effectively use technology to share data while still following specific rules and regulations to protect personal information. Specific data security and privacy issues include creating best practices for security and data theft prevention, setting up data privacy policies and avoiding data privacy incidents. Find the latest enterprise data security and privacy information for CIOs, including news, tips and other resources, in this topic section.
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24 Jul 2024
What is ERP security and why is it critical?
An ERP system is vulnerable whether it's on premises or in the cloud, and supply chain attacks continue to increase. Learn why it's important to secure your company's ERP software. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2024
6 must-read blockchain books for 2024
Numerous sources provide comprehensive information on blockchain fundamentals and applications. We narrowed the field to six of the most popular and diverse books available. Continue Reading
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18 May 2012
Really big deals: Facebook IPO and SEC guidance on cybersecurity
Read about this week's biggest tech news, including Facebook's long-awaited IPO and the SEC's guidance on cybersecurity. Continue Reading
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04 May 2012
Sometimes tech innovation is the only option
This week's roundup of bits from around the Web includes two interesting looks at tech innovation. Plus, could your Facebook profile help save a life? Continue Reading
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27 Apr 2012
Privacy concerns surround Google cloud storage service
Soon after Google launched its Drive cloud storage service, data privacy and security worries arose. Continue Reading
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13 Apr 2012
Reading the tea leaves on the CIO job shakeup at BofA
What do companies want from their CIOs? This week's shakeup in the CIO job at Bank of America suggests the question is not given to easy answers. Continue Reading
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23 Mar 2012
Spring is here, and innovation is in the air
In this week's roundup of news and notable bits from around the Web, spring brings thoughts of innovation. Continue Reading
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16 Mar 2012
Siri, find me a good lawyer
In this week’s roundup, a legalpalooza: Yahoo sues Facebook, someone sues Siri and a lawyer slowly backs away from her Pinterest boards. Continue Reading
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15 Mar 2012
How big data improves an information security strategy
A security guru discusses new ways of looking at the intersection between big data and an information security strategy. Continue Reading
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03 Mar 2012
Security woes and a different kind of Net threat
We're feeling a little vulnerable this week. Maybe it's because our cache of tech bits is a little heavy on security issues. Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2012
Data loss statistics: Emerging culprits
Social networking, cloud computing and mobile technology create business opportunities. But data loss statistics show these advances create risks too. Continue Reading
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24 Feb 2012
Silence on business analytics speaks volumes
The next time your CIO pals clam up about business analytics, watch out. They're on to something. You should be too. Continue Reading
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18 Feb 2012
Shaping data in ways both scary and sweet
Interesting bits from the Internet that you might have missed, including Target's data analytics and Google's riding the consumerization-of-IT wave. Continue Reading
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14 Feb 2012
No honor-student bumper stickers for Steve Jobs
A roundup of items you might have missed from around the Web, including Steve Jobs' high school GPA and a possible storm over cloud privacy in the EU. Continue Reading
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01 Feb 2012
Who's the 'insider' security campaigns target?
Can CIOs learn anything from a security campaign launched by the military more than 60 years ago? Continue Reading
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23 Jan 2012
The CIO and the extended enterprise
The CIO role is stretching further into the outer limits of the "extended enterprise." Continue Reading
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08 Dec 2011
Software laden with technical debt heading for a crash
Enterprise apps are carrying millions of dollars in technical debt, one study says. CIOs need to zero in on the mistakes that could level their companies. Continue Reading
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14 Oct 2011
Don't be bullied into vendor lock-in by cloud providers
Vendor lock-in is a legitimate concern when it comes to cloud computing -- maybe more so than security. But you don't have to settle. Continue Reading
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22 Sep 2011
Taking business back from cloud service providers
The cloud is more popular than ever, a CompTIA survey finds -- despite one in five companies taking back business from public cloud service providers. Continue Reading
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03 Aug 2011
Enterprise mobility and the privacy debate
An interesting privacy debate is under way as organizations start down the path of developing an enterprise mobility strategy. Continue Reading
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22 Jul 2010
Chief data officers: Bringing data management strategy to the C-suite
Data has become so relevant to how business gets done that some companies are adding a new officer to oversee data management strategy. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2010
Antivirus software update goes rogue, corporate email security scares
McAfee's antivirus software update took many business computers offline for several hours, while a Gmail hack raises both casual and corporate email security concerns. Continue Reading
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23 Apr 2010
IT exec gets muzzled on use of social media, security
The use of social media for legitimate business purposes is a hot-button issue for companies and a balancing act for IT execs. Continue Reading
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19 Mar 2010
Success with cloud applications calls for a strong data-privacy policy
Cloud applications are making headway in the public sector, as agency CIOs consider the ramifications on data-privacy policy and compliance concerns. Continue Reading
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22 Jan 2010
Password best practices: Why your company's data privacy is at stake
We research and write a lot about the technical side of data privacy and protection — but what about the human side? Continue Reading
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12 Oct 2009
GPS devices, geolocation data create privacy, security risks
Emerging technologies that allow users to broadcast geographic locations raise many issues for companies, CIOs, while legislatures and the FTC consider legal aspects. Continue Reading
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06 Oct 2009
GPS devices, geolocation data create privacy, security risks
Emerging technologies that allow users to broadcast geographic locations raise many issues for companies, CIOs, while legislatures and the FTC consider legal aspects. Continue Reading
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09 Jul 2009
Data protection in the cloud: What's good enough?
As Unisys rolls out its Secure Cloud and Stealth data protection offerings, our blogger looks at the issue of data security in the cloud. Continue Reading
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25 Jun 2009
Healthcare IT standards still not clear
As the topic of healthcare returns to the national stage, our blogger says standards for electronic health record software are still needed. Continue Reading
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09 Jan 2008
Data warehouses: Tips for building a disaster recovery plan
Data warehouses are more mission critical now. Read these tips to find out how to build them into a disaster recovery plan. Continue Reading
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11 Jul 2007
Blog: Data loss rarely leads to ID theft, or does it?
A new report suggests that lost or stolen data is rarely used to commit identity theft. Oh yeah? Then what are they using it for? Blogger Jeff Kelly takes a closer look at the findings. Continue Reading
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10 May 2007
Security screeners sue over missing TSA hard drive
A union is suing the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) over the loss of a computer hard drive containing the personal information of around 100,000 security screeners. The lawsuit would require the government agency to encrypt employee data and monitor mobile devices holding worker information. Continue Reading
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04 Apr 2007
FCC imposes rules to prevent pretexting
The Federal Communications Commission hopes to prevent data burglaries with a set of new regulations for phone companies aimed at preventing the fraudulent practice called "pretexting." Continue Reading
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22 Feb 2007
T.J. Maxx probe finds broader hacking
The TJX Cos., the discount retailer best known for its T.J. Maxx and Marshalls clothing stores, said Wednesday that its hacking investigation has uncovered more extensive exposure of credit and debit card data than it previously believed. Continue Reading
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08 Feb 2007
Massachusetts leads national TJX data probe
The Massachusetts Attorney General is heading up a group of more than 30 states trying to force answers to how the massive TJX data breach happened. Continue Reading
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16 Oct 2006
Online brokerage account scams worry SEC
High-tech crooks are hijacking online brokerage accounts by using spyware and operating from remote locations, sometimes in Eastern Europe, U.S. market regulators said on Friday. Continue Reading
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25 May 2006
VA not alone in data carelessness, says watchdog group
It isn't just Veterans Affairs that's putting its data at risk. The personal information about Americans isn't safeguarded properly throughout the government, and the consequences could be disastrous, congressional investigators say. Continue Reading
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19 May 2005
Data breach law goes too far, critics warn
Congress wants to pass a national data breach disclosure law, but concerns over too many security breach reports dulling public fear has slowed the process. Continue Reading
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03 May 2005
What's the cybersecurity coverage these days?
Though companies are expressing more interest in policies to protect against the onslaught of privacy breaches, such insurance still remains a rarity. Continue Reading
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02 Mar 2005
Lawsuit could amplify data protection laws
A lawsuit brought by a Bank of America customer could set precedent for who is responsible for securing a consumer's data -- on the consumer's own computer. Continue Reading