Not reacting appropriately to a data loss incident can have dire fiscal and reputational consequences for any business or organization as seen in numerous high-profile breaches this year.

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Almost three months after a hacking incident that compromised sensitive data used in its authentication tokens, security firm RSA has resorted to a last-ditch fix: a product recall.

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The combined caseloads produced a sharp increase in insider attacks (48 percent, up 26 percent from the previous year), which Hutton explained is because companies suffering a data breach because of an employee incident often prefer to call law enforcement.

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So, since the government data shows 1 death for every 6 injuries, maybe you can using this government data show everyone how EVERY SINGLE SHOOTING INCIDENT was reported eh?

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What data protection and information management failures led to the incident?

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The incident was "an important reminder to us that security and reliability and not losing data require specific attention, " Mr. Houston said.

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That they have not hired the right leadership for security, implemented the right program, and then taken the correct tactical steps (for Gawker: exercising an incident response plan, implementing password complexity and use requirements, having an intrusion management strategy, having a data breach plan) in the context of an overall information security strategy.

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Speaking about the January 7 fire in Boston, Hersman said the plane's flight data recorder showed the battery underwent an unexplained drop in voltage from 32 volts to 28 immediately before the incident, as the plane was being serviced on the tarmac.

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