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Personal data leaks 'worse in Australia than other regions'
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:22:22 +0000 (UTC)
(Interesting article considering only three incidents out of 759 in the Data Loss Database - Open Source were reported from Australia...) http://www.securecomputing.net.au/news/59136,personal-data-leaks-worse-in-australia-than-other-regions.aspx Corporate data breaches - which can lead to identity theft - are occurring in Australia and without disclosure laws similar to those in the US those affected will never know they are at risk, claim Gartner analysts. Speaking at the Gartner IT Security Summit in Sydney this week, Rich Mogull research VP at Gartner said he can guarantee data breaches in Australia are occurring and the situation could be worse than in other regions of the world -the only difference is - here it is hidden. "I know breaches are occurring, banks don't tell me when they have breaches, the merchants don't tell me when they have breaches but I work with a lot of businesses here," said Mogull. "Australia is not getting off easy, it's just hidden. To be honest this is a harsher environment - because of the proximity to some of the Asian economies where a lot of this happens," said Mogull. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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- Personal data leaks 'worse in Australia than other regions' lyger (Aug 16)
- Re: Personal data leaks 'worse in Australia than other regions' Chris Walsh (Aug 16)