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  How U.S. Says Producer Aided Anonymous

  FBI: Ex-Producer Encouraged Hacktivist to Disrupt Tribune Site By Eric Chabrow
  

  A 26-year-old former web producer charged with helping Anonymous hack into the website of the media giant Tribune Co. provided members of the hacktivist group with log-in credentials for a computer server, according to federal authorities.

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  Celebrity Breach Leads Roundup

  Information Posted on Public Website By Jeffrey Roman
  

  In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a federal investigation into the leak of sensitive information on 18 celebrities.

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  Tips & Tools for Breach Investigations

  Kim Peretti, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP By Tom Field
  

  Attorney Kim Peretti helped put TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez behind bars, and now she is helping organizations investigate and respond to their own data breaches. What tips and tools does she recommend?

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  Evernote Archiving Service Hacked

  Usernames, E-mail Addresses, Encrypted Passwords Exposed By Eric Chabrow
  

  In notifying customers of a breach, the online archiving service Evernote might have confused some customers by sending them an e-mail that contained a clickable link to be used to reset passwords - despite warning against using such links.

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  New Considerations for Breach Penalties

  HIPAA Omnibus Spells Out More Details on Setting Sanctions By Rebecca Herold
  

  The HIPAA Omnibus Rule includes three new considerations for determining potential civil monetary penalties following a breach investigation. What are the implications for breach prevention strategies?

Featured Interviews

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  Highlights from New 2013 Global Threat Intelligence Report

  Solutionary is out with its 2013 Global Threat Intelligence Report. What are the top four threats to organizations, and how can they be mitigated? Security strategist Don Gray offers insights and...

• Facebook Hack: What the Breach Tells Us

  Former U.S.-CERT Director Assesses the Cyberthreat Environment

  Highly publicized breaches at Facebook, Twitter, the New York Times and other organizations in recent weeks suggest there's a new normal in the cyberthreat arena. But the onetime head of U.S. CERT,...

Webinars

• Misplaced Trust in the Mobile Platform

  Metaforic will host a mobile security webinar with an additional speaker from Forrester. The one-hour session will provide an overview of the latest mobile threats, and will discuss in detail the...

• Third-Party Service Providers (TSPs) - Breach Impact & Preparedness

  In Sept. 2011, the U.S. Defense Department's TRICARE health program notified 4.9 million beneficiaries of a data breach caused when backup tapes were stolen from the car of an employee of Science...

White Papers

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  For the first time, Ponemon Institute has quantified the staggering costs of failures in cryptographic key and digital certificate management. The First Annual Cost of Failed Trust Report,...

• Navigate the Future of the Security Department

  Is your status among C-level colleagues slipping? Are your budgetary pitches falling flat? If you've answered "yes" to either of these questions, Forrester Research, Inc.'s February 2012 report,...

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  Vendor Management Part I: FDIC Explains How to Manage Your Outsourcing Risks

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  IRS Agents Sued in Health Records Case

  Suit Alleges 10 Million Patients' Info Improperly Seized

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  GAO Sees Vulnerabilities in IRS Systems

  Auditor: Parts of IRS Infosec Program Haven't Function as Intended

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  Incident Response: Next-Gen Skills

  Evolving Threats Call for Evolving Proficiencies

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  BITS on Top Fraud Threats to Banks

  New Fraud Prevention VP on Latest Trends, Strategies

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  HIPAA Omnibus: Vendor Contracts

  Pay Attention to Those Business Associate Agreements

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  Improving Risk Management Strategies using Identity Attributes

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  DHS's Mark Weatherford Resigning

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