Top 5 Data Backup and Recovery IOIs: Week in Review – 12/07/2009

Dear Data-Diligent Reader,

We can help you manage risks related to your data in the following areas: security/privacy regulatory compliance risks, disaster recovery and business continuity risks, legal eDiscovery risks and financial risks.

It is imminently clear that:

* Your data is more visible than ever
* Your data is more valuable than ever
* Your data is more vulnerable than ever
* Your data is subject to more regulation than ever

We use this weekly blog to communicate and inform our readers about the top five (5) security or data protection or data backup and recovery “Items of Interest” so they may make informed data protection, data backup and recovery and data security decisions. Your feedback and questions are always welcome!

Safe Online Shopping Tips

Cyber Monday, one of the busiest days of the year for online shopping, has come and gone, however, a new national survey from ISACA shows employees plan to spend the equivalent of nearly two full work days shopping for the holidays using work computers, creating personal and business security risks.

New HIMSS Analytics Survey Reveals Healthcare ‘Business Associates’ Are Unprepared for Data Breach

Business associates, those who handle private patient information for healthcare organizations – including everyone from billing, credit bureaus, benefits management, legal services, claims processing, insurance brokers, data processing firms, pharmacy chains, accounting firms, temporary office personnel, and offshore transcription vendors – are largely unprepared to meet the new data breach related obligations included in the HITECH Act.

Is it time for a national data breach notification law?

Federal lawmakers are again considering legislation that would create nationwide rules for notifying potential victims of identify theft when organizations improperly expose their sensitive information.

Data breach to be covered with insurance: Vancouver schools buy insurance to protect current, past employees

Vancouver Public Schools will purchase fraud prevention and identity restoration coverage for all employees affected by last week’s security breach, the district announced today.

Most security products fail to perform

Nearly 80 percent of security products fail to perform as intended when first tested and generally require two or more cycles of testing before achieving certification, according to a new ICSA Labs report. The “ICSA Labs Product Assurance Report”

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Bob Chaput wrote this blog. Bob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, online data backup and recovery, disaster recovery and data protection services firm. bob.chaput@datamountain.com (800) 704-3394. Follow Bob on Twitter: twitter.com/BobChaput