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InternetNews July 10, 2007 Roy Mark	Many Breaches, Few ID Thefts Data breaches are frequent, but evidence of actual identity theft resulting from the breaches is limited, according to a new report by the General Accountability Office.
InternetNews May 6, 2005 Tim Gray	How Much is Too Much Data Loss? Congress returned this week to a burgeoning issue likely to concern the financial health of millions of Americans: What can be done about skyrocketing incidents of identity theft and data loss?
Bank Systems & Technology November 6, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	2008 Data Breaches: 30 Million and Counting Roughly 30 million consumers have had sensitive personal data stolen in the 552 reported data breaches so far in 2008.
InternetNews April 16, 2009 Alex Goldman	Security Lapses Aplenty Despite Growing Threats A study by Verizon Business's RISK team reveals some disconcerting shortcomings in companies' security.
InternetNews March 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari	ID Theft Threat Grows With 1M Already Hit in '09 A new report shows identify theft is off to a rapid start this year - and the figures could be even worse than expected.
InternetNews January 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Data Breach Law Back in Senate Businesses and government agencies would have to notify consumers under certain circumstances of data breaches under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
InternetNews January 12, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Vendors See More DLP with ID Management CA's recent acquisition is a sign of more product adds to come.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark	ID Theft Bill Wends Through Senate The proposed law calls for full disclosure to consumers when sensitive personal data is breached or lost.
Wall Street & Technology October 23, 2007 Melanie Rodier	How Are U.S. Businesses and Lawmakers Responding to Data Breaches? Nearly 77 million individuals have been affected by data breaches so far this year. But even after suffering a data breach, many businesses failed to implement encryption solutions or seek legal counsel.
Bank Systems & Technology July 12, 2007 Larry Greenemeier	Link Between Data Breaches And ID Theft Unclear, GAO Reports A U.S. Government Accountability Office report indicates that while the amount of information lost or stolen is disturbing, it's difficult to prove that these breaches lead to identity theft.
InternetNews June 18, 2009 Alex Goldman	The Offline Vulnerability of Personal Data Organizations cannot substitute technology for common sense in the handling of personal information, warns a new report.
InternetNews September 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Group Demands Restitution For ID Theft A federal task force on identity theft urged Congress today to require ID thieves pay victims for the time they spend restoring their credit.
InternetNews January 9, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Retiree Data Lost in Laptop Theft Laptops are stolen from Manhattan-based Towers Perrin offices. Retirees are being urged to monitor credit records.
InternetNews August 4, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breaches And Congress A roundup of where federal data breach security laws stand.
InternetNews October 10, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Alert Victim Helped Shell Nab Alleged Data Thief A call to the Texas Workforce Commission by a Shell Oil employee whose Social Security number had been stolen kicked off an investigation that led to the discovery of the alleged thief.
InternetNews July 13, 2009	Report: 85 Percent of U.S. Businesses Breached A new report has a recommendation for organizations that fear a breach and the reporting requirements that go with it.
InternetNews January 7, 2011	ITRC Seeks Full Data Breach Disclosure With major data breaches on the rise, the Identity Theft Resource Center is urging the formation of a centralized, searchable repository for the public to keep track of what institutions have seen their information compromised.
CRM September 7, 2012 Dale Dabbs	Protect Your Most Valuable Business Assets--Your Customers Optimal CRM incorporates data protection best practices to curtail identity theft.
Bank Technology News January 2006 Glen Fest	Data Breach Notification: States Differ On When To Sound The Alarm Legislative action on how and when banks should sound the alarm when there's been a data breach has lagged on the federal level, leading to a broad mix of state measures.
InternetNews December 12, 2006 David Needle	UCLA Database Hole Exposed 800,000 to ID Theft UCLA Web site touted the school's IT security the same day it discovered hackers had broken into its computer system.
InternetNews March 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Data-Breach Disclosure Bill Passes House Panel A House panel approved a bill requiring data brokers to inform consumers of breaches when reasonable risk of ID theft exists.
Bank Systems & Technology November 20, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	Best Practices on Data Breaches The task of informing consumers of a breach falls on banks. How the institutions do that is key to how they will be perceived by their customers.
Managed Care November 2006 Ed Silverman	Loss of Protected Patient Information Real Danger for Health Care Plans There are plenty of ways that confidential data can escape managed care organizations, and the consequences can be major. Can you trust your employees?
BusinessWeek April 8, 2010 Margaret Collins	Stealing Your Identity for Liposuction Crooks are using pilfered data to charge health care - from cosmetic surgery to emergency room visits.
InternetNews May 11, 2009 Alex Goldman	UC Berkeley Says Hackers Breached Database Officials at the University of California at Berkeley on Friday began notifying students and the public that hackers had breached a healthcare database at the school, potentially gaining access to the personal information of up to 160,000 students dating back to 1999.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Roy Mark	House Panel Moves on Data Breach Bill With data breaches back in the news, national legislation begins to percolate.
InternetNews January 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breaches: New Year, Old Story Data breaches are off to a flying start this year. Congress does nothing about it, not even requiring companies to inform consumers of the breaches.
InternetNews March 17, 2006 Roy Mark	Groups Slam Data Breach Notification Bill A U.S. House panel effort to write a national data breach disclosure law is running into fierce opposition by consumer groups calling the legislation the "worst data security bill ever."
CRM September 1, 2006 Petouhoff & Johnson	How Much Is Your Customers' Trust Worth? With the profitability of data theft, there does not seem to be an end to the crime unless customer data protection becomes job number one. And while no company expects to have a data breach, the cost of preventing one may well be worth the price.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Roy Mark	States Lead Congress on Breach Protections While federal lawmakers dither on data-breach legislation to protect against identity theft, states take matters into their own hands.
InternetNews February 22, 2007 Roy Mark	Retailers to Hold Data-Breach Bag? Proposed legislation in Massachusetts would make retailers financially responsible for breaches of their databases that lead to consumer identity theft.
InternetNews March 9, 2011	Data Breach Recovery Getting More Expensive Report says the cost enterprises have to pay to fix security and restore operations after a data breach continue to grow.
InternetNews June 14, 2010	Lax Data Security Results in Heavy Fines Five California hospitals got an expensive reminder of just how serious the state is about protecting patients' sensitive data. Expect more of the same in the near future.
InternetNews May 11, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Goes After ID Theft on National Level President Bush signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon creating a national Identity Theft Task Force... FTC circumspect on national data breach disclosure law... Chertoff says interoperability problems are jurisdictional, not technological...
BusinessWeek July 3, 2006 Dean Foust	ID Theft: More Hype Than Harm Law enforcement officials say the criminals tend not to follow through after stealing personal data.
InternetNews June 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Veterans Seek Billions in Data Breach Suit Veterans groups file lawsuit against VA seeking damages for veterans exposed to identity theft.
CRM June 1, 2005 Marshall Lager	Fear and Loathing in the Database A company's CRM system might make it vulnerable to hackers, but with risk comes opportunity.
InternetNews December 14, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Boeing Grappling With Data Theft Hundreds of thousands at Boeing get free credit checks after yet another laptop slipped away. Is it enough to prevent ID theft?
InternetNews January 9, 2009 Richard Adhikari	New Data Breach, Privacy Bills in Congress If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
InternetNews May 23, 2006 Roy Mark	VA Data Breach Stirs Washington In the second-largest data breach on record -- and the biggest Social Security numbers breach ever - the Department of Veterans Affairs disclosed Monday approximately 26.5 million veterans are at risk of identity theft.
InternetNews January 9, 2007 Ed Sutherland	Hospitals Becoming Popular ID Theft Target 'Cancer patients are big money' for ID thieves, privacy expert warns.
InternetNews January 21, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Cyber Thieves Hit Payment Processor Heartland Experts warn that more attacks may be to come. Observers also say the breach highlights the current state of legislation regarding disclosure when data loss hits corporations.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Jim Wagner	New Service to Put ID Protection in Your Hands Amid a flurry of data theft issues, Intersections readies an in-depth service to police who's trying to use all your data. This can help you spot identity theft.
InternetNews April 12, 2005 Tim Gray	310,000 Exposed by LexisNexis Data Breach Company estimates data breach affected 10 times the U.S. residents as originally reported.
InternetNews December 15, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Intelligent Log Analysis May Beef up Security Security logs could help detect and prevent security breaches, but analyzing their reports is so boring that they're underutilized.
U.S. Banker July 2005 Karen Krebsbach	Data Theft: States Force the Issue Of Customer Notification Regulators reiterate guidance for banks.
Wall Street & Technology June 29, 2005 Paul Allen	Is It Safe? Given the virtual nature of much of our modern world, in which financial transactions are predominantly about electronic flows of data rather than hard cash, information has become a key source of risk. As a result, the new security focus is on information management.
BusinessWeek January 8, 2007	Diagnosis: Identity Theft For $60, a thief can buy your health records - and use them to get costly care. Guess who gets the bill.
PC World November 2005 Alan Stafford	Privacy in Peril With identity thieves targeting big consumer databases, your data isn't just up for sale -- it could be up for grabs.
Wall Street & Technology June 18, 2007 Melanie Rodier	US Businesses Still Lack Adequate Security to Protect Client Information Study shows 85% of midsize to large businesses spanning all industries reported data security breach, mostly due to stolen equipment.