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The Hitlist: Compliance

The Hitlist is a new series where we will attempt to provide a quick list of security considerations for a particular technology or initiative within

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Trustwave Global Security Report 2014: An Overview

The Trustwave Global Security Report for 2014 was recently released.  There are a number of very useful and insightful statistics in this report, which we can

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Study: Cost of Data Breaches Increasing

A study published by Ponemon Institute, and sponsored by IBM, purported that the average total cost of data breaches increased 15% in the last year to

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Microsoft Security Bulletin: May 2014

Critical Updates: 3 Important Updates: 6 Of the 3 critical updates, all three are likely exploitable according to Microsoft.  Our recommendation is to install all

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eBay Asking Users To Change Passwords

Ebay will be forcing users to change their passwords later today, according to their announcement.  According to the announcement, employee credentials were stolen and used

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Apple iOS and Email Attachment Encryption: A Question of Compliance

UPDATED: 7/1/2014 Apple has released iOS 7.1.2 which is supposed to resolve the issue where a user can access unencrypted mail attachments.  We recommended updating all Apple