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Cost of Arizona College Breach Estimated at $17M

The college district that serves the Phoenix area stands to spend more than $17 million because of a computer breach. Costs anticipated by the Maricopa County Community College District include work to fix the computer system, pay for lawyers and …

Kansas Audit Finds Issues With Data Protection

Weak computer passwords and vulnerable software have left some Kansas agencies vulnerable to hackers gaining access to confidential data or internal breaches, according to a new information technology audit. Some of those problems have been identified in the past but …

Survey Shows Small Businesses Have Big Data Breach Exposure

Although more than half the U.S. small businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute experienced at least one data breach, only a third notified individuals that their personal information had been exposed, according to a study conducted for The Hartford Steam …