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FTC Approves Final Guidance Settlement
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 21:56:52 +0000 (UTC)
(Seems timely considering today's previous discussions.) http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3669561 Guidance Software's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) became official today, almost five months after the Pasadena, Calif.-based computer forensics specialist admitted it did not adequately protect customer data. Victimized by a December 2005 data breach and theft of 4,000 credit card numbers, Guidance agreed to implement a comprehensive information security program, including independent, third-party audits every other year for the next ten years. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 203 million compromised records in 609 incidents over 7 years.
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