October 10, 2008 2:12 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Automatic Theft Machines,
Data Breaches,
Hardware & InfoSec,
PCI DSS,
SecurityIn a previous post about Automatic Theft Machines I commented on the worrisome rise in skimming with these machines.
Now, to add to our pain, we should be concerned about gas station pumps,...
September 29, 2008 9:43 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
Eigen's Rules of Thumb,
Hardware & InfoSec,
Mobile,
SecurityCell phone companies are tempting us more and more with phones that act as PDAs (Personal Data Accessory??), send and receive email, surf the Web, have bigger capacity to store documents, are music players, cameras and oh, by the way: a phone. And in the coming years some have proposed utilizing...
August 27, 2008 4:27 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Compliance,
Data Breaches,
SecurityAfter Benjamin Wright's comments on my previous post about Best Western, I hopped on over to his blog and took a look at his point of view.
Speaking from a consumer point of view, I find cold comfort...
August 25, 2008 6:33 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
Database,
Database security,
Identity theft,
Security,
Security DevicesVisited Europe in the last year and used a Best Western Hotel? Your credit card, expiration date, the company that employs you, your name, address and future bookings may be in the possession of a Russian Mafia website. An enterprising Scottish newspaper, the Sunday Herald, noticed on Thursday...
August 21, 2008 3:48 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Admins and Auditors,
Compliance,
Data Breaches,
Database,
Database security,
DataManagement,
Identity theft,
IT audit,
Oracle,
PCI DSS,
SAP,
SAS 70,
Security,
SOX,
SQL ServerDatabases are enormous, powerful repositories of data. They can hold payroll, HR personnel data (think social security numbers) stock prices, Accounts Receivable, Client Relationship Management, and customer information. Banks can't live without them. Most medium and many small sized businesses...
August 19, 2008 1:20 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Admins and Auditors,
Compliance,
Data Breaches,
Database,
Database security,
DataManagement,
Identity theft,
IT audit,
Oracle,
PCI DSS,
SAP,
SAS 70,
Security,
SOX,
SQL ServerSo many financial auditors, CEOs, CFOs and others rely on electronic data to understand the complexities of General Ledger, Accounts Payable, etc. In this era of SAP, ADP, electronic time clocks, etc., the one common denominator is the database underlying each application.
Applications...
August 14, 2008 10:19 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Admins and Auditors,
Data Breaches,
Identity theftI've noticed lately that the press has started applying this term liberally when data is stolen. Data theft is NOT the same thing as identity theft. (And when did we start capitalizing it, by the way?) Data theft does not equal identity theft, because not all data that is stolen is used to...
August 13, 2008 1:53 AM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Admins and Auditors,
Data Breaches,
Database,
Database security,
DataManagement,
SecurityThe recent report on the Countrywide data theft got me thinking again about how to monitor insider access to databases.
The story is that the thief had access to the...
August 7, 2008 4:39 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Compliance,
Data Breaches,
PCI DSS,
Security,
WirelessThe announcement on Tuesday that indicted 11 people for "the largest data breach in history" was an interesting read:
The indictment returned Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Boston alleges that the suspects hacked into the wireless computer networks of retailers including TJX Cos., BJ's...
