Alert: Database Security in the Bull's Eye
Healthcare, higher education, financial services and even the National Guard are all falling victim to attacks that expose organizations' crown jewels, the database. Many of these breaches could easily be avoided with better data-handling, policy and security. In this special retrospective of recent news coverage, Dark Reading offers a look at some of the trends in how real databases are being breached and why--and what you can do to protect yours.
Table of Contents
2 Healthcare Suffers More Data Breaches Than Financial Services So Far This Year
3 Researcher Exposes Massive Automated Check Counterfeiting Operation Out of Russia
5 Tokens a Tempting Option for Securing Cardholder Data
9 University Databases in the Bull's Eye
11 Six Messy Database Breaches So Far in 2010
About the Author
Ericka Chickowski is an experienced business and technology journalist who specializes in coverage of IT security, regulatory compliance, business alignment, project management and IT employment.
In addition to her work for Dark Reading and InformationWeek, Chickowski’s perspectives on technology have appeared in a number of trade and consumer magazines, including CIO Insight, Baseline, Entrepreneur and Consumers Digest. She has covered the IT security industry extensively over the last six years, gaining particular insight and expertise while working as the West Coast bureau chief for SC Magazine. Chickowski graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Washington and currently resides in San Diego. Readers may contact her at ericka@chickowski.com.
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