Data Breaches

Other People’s Data Breaches: They Can Help You Too

Author(s):

Alex Haynes, CISO , IBS Software

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Data Breaches

Over the past few years, numerous well-known brands and major corporations have been targeted by cyber-attacks resulting in the exposure of millions of customers’ personal and sensitive information, making data breaches an increasingly common occurrence. Although the immediate effects of these breaches can be severe for both affected individuals and companies, there is potential for … Read more

Credentials: Check and Protect

Author(s):

Alex Haynes, CISO , IBS Software

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Protect Credentials from Breaches

Today, breaches continue unabated at the same alarming rate to which we have grown accustomed. More than 36 billion records were exposed in 2020 alone and that’s only counting those we know about. The real figure will rise far higher. The rate of these data leaks is so frequent that it is hard to track … Read more

Proving a Negative

Author(s):

James Everett Lee, Chief Operating Officer, The Identity Theft Resource Center

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KBA and Data Breaches

Proving there is a “you” has never been easier; proving you are the only you, not so much. We learned in math class in high school that you cannot prove a negative. Or to be more precise, we learned that you cannot solve a negative proof. As a result, in math and logic, we spend … Read more