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• Wanna Be A Data Know-It-All?

  OK, so nobody can know-it-all about any topic, let alone data. But I thought the title of today's blog entry might be enticing enough to get you to read about a new book series from publisher Morgan Kaufmann named, appropriately enough, know-it-all. Read More... Posted Monday, April 27, 2009 9:13 AM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: data security, books, data quality, data breach, DA, data management

• The Cost of Data Breaches is Increasing

  According to an article in Computerworld today the cost of data breaches continues to go up. The article discusses the results of a recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute which surveyed 43 U.S. companies that lost data in 2008. The article indicates Read More... Posted Monday, February 02, 2009 3:33 PM by cmullins | 1 Comments Filed under: database auditing, data breach

• A Huge Data Breach

  As my regular readers know, I am intrigued by data breaches and I cover them regularly in my blogs. Well, the mother of all data breaches made the news last week and it occurred at Heartland Payment Systems. Heartland Payment Systems processes payroll Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:53 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: data security, database auditing, data breach

• Number of Data Breaches Increased in 2008

  Regular readers know that I like to track and write about data breaches. I've written about the cost of data breaches and mused on data breach reporting , tactics to minimize the impact of a breach , and the threat of legal punishment for data breaches Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 07, 2009 4:25 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: data security, database auditing, regulatory compliance, business, data breach

• You Down With OPD?

  Every time you turn around these days it seems like there is another data breach to report. But what, really, is a data breach? About.com defines a data breach as an unauthorized disclosure of information that compromises the security, confidentiality, Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 1:44 PM by cmullins | 0 Comments Filed under: data governance, regulatory compliance, data privacy, OPD, data breach