Pinpointing the Hot Security Technologies

 

Before companies and governments determine what security technologies they should be focusing on, they have to know precisely what they need to protect, says Mark Beckett, vice president of marketing at security software provider Secure64 in Greenwood Village, Colo. “There is no one-size-fits-all answer to this question,” he says. “For some companies, the answer might be customer data;  for another, the answer might be revenues or brand reputation. Certainly there are some industries where protecting customer data is the highest priority.”

There is no shortage of startling examples of security breaches that have captured headlines. Most of them never make the front page of your local newspaper or the 6 p.m. TV news. The Attrition Data Loss Archive and Database compiled a list of the 10 largest data breaches since 2000. Here they are, including company, date and amount of money:

1. TJX Companies Inc. $84 million, Jan. 17, 2007.
2. Visa, MasterCard and American Express. $40 million, June 19, 2005.
3. Citigroup. $30 million, June 6, 2006.
4. America Online. $30 million, June 24, 2004.
5. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. $26.5 million, May 22, 2006.
6. HM Revenue and Customs. $25 million, Nov. 20, 2007.
7. Dai Nippon Printing Company. $8.6 million, March 12, 2007.
8. Fidelity National Information …

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