InterGuard Newsletter Volume 8 December 2011   


5 Questions Boards Should Ask About Data Privacy Risks >Read More

Nearly A Third Of Execs Say Rogue Mobile Devices Are Linked To Their Networks >Read More

Data Breaches Costing Companies Millions in Brand Value >Read More




Essential Mobile Security Tips
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Best Practices for Data Loss Prevention > Read More






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Awareness Technologies Named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies"
LOS ANGELES - November 22, 2011 Awareness Technologies Inc., the only provider of Complete Insider Threat Security On-Demand,
today announced that it was named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies" for the
second consecutive year. The list is composed of the fastest growing companies in the Los Angeles area based on revenue growth.
Awareness Technologies was ranked Number 75 on the 2011 list with a 35.8 percentage growth from 2008-2010.

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New Whitepaper
We've taken three unique stories that highlight how our services protected our clients in very entertaining and illustrative ways and put them together in the attached whitepaper. These stories provide tangible examples of how the InterGuard service provided distinct and immediate value to our clients in several different situations.

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5 Questions Boards Should Ask About Data Privacy Risks
Have you ever wondered what would happen to your organization if the corporate headquarters burned to the ground? The community and your customers would rally around you. The media would be sympathetic. With all of your corporate data backed up, your company would be back in business within days. And, of course, no organization would even consider not spending the appropriate amount of time, effort and money to protect against this risk.

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Nearly A Third Of Execs Say Rogue Mobile Devices Are Linked To Their Networks
Organizations are concerned about the dangers posed by unauthorized mobile devices, according to a study published last week, but many aren't sure what's being done about it.


According to a Deloitte poll of nearly 1,200 U.S. IT and business executives about mobile security, some 28.4 percent of survey respondents believe there are unauthorized PDAs, tablets, or a combination of both connecting to their enterprise intranets, and particularly their e-mail servers. Nearly 87 percent of respondents think their companies are at risk for a cyberattack originating from a mobile security lapse, the survey says.

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Data Breaches Costing Companies Millions in Brand Value
According to the latest report from the Ponemon Institute, companies are losing much more than information as a result of data breaches. Enterprise IT managers already know the importance role of data protection for satisfying business demands and achieving regulatory compliance. However, companies have often struggled placing a monetary value on the damages resulting from a data breach

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5 Steps to Minimize the Risk of Data Breaches
Human error is one of the top causes of health data breaches. HHS' Annual
Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information for
Calendar Years 2009 and 2010 found that human error was the fourth main cause of data breaches affecting more than 500 people. In September, an employee's failure to follow an encryption policy for data on his or her laptop may have exposed more than 14,000 Minneapolis patients' personal information when the laptop was stolen. John Brooke, general manager of healthcare, and Scot McLeod,vice president of marketing for Compliance 360, offer five steps to minimize the possibility of human error causing data breaches. Read More>>

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About Awareness Technologies
As the pioneer in Unified Insider Threat Prevention, Awareness Technologies’ SaaS-based service is easily available and affordable for businesses of any size. Architected at the endpoint, clients can access 4 technologies including DLP, web filtering, employee monitoring, and laptop recovery, through one agent download and one control console. Awareness Technologies has over 10,000 businesses world-wide currently depending on its solutions to protect their data from insider threats, and has been named on Deloitte's 2010 Technology Fast 500. For more information, please visit www.awarenesstechnologies.com.