A large defense contractor's CEO spilled soda on his laptop while traveling. His staff arranged for a service to recover the highly sensitive data from the now-defunct laptop. The recovery service leaked confidential data, thereby derailing an important merger. Could something like that happen to your business? A Ponemon report released today suggests that it's quite likely. » Read More

Data-recovery service providers are supposed to be saving important data for you when something goes wrong -- a drive crashes or storage device is dropped, and no backup is available. But do you trust them with the important data you let them recover or could they actually be a source for a data breach? » Read More

Organizations often hire an external data recovery service to recover data from a failed drive containing sensitive data without considering the risks of a data breach. » Read More

Survey finds companies suffer data losses by failing to vet security policies of third-party data recovery partners » Read More

Using an Unscrupulous Data Recovery Vendor Can Result in Loss or Theft of Sensitive and Confidential Information » Read More

As government dollars flow, medical providers are scrutinizing vendors. » Read More

Widespread power outages along the East Coast wreak havoc on millions of computers » Read More