Latest Privacy Studies
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Date Reference Popularity
06/17/2013 Healthcare Information Security Today: 2013 Outlook - Information Security Media Group 1.52%
06/13/2013 2013 Cost of Data Breach Study: United States - Ponemon Institute 1.44%
06/12/2013 The Impact of Mobile Devices on Information Security: A Survey of IT Professionals - Dimensional Research 0.40%
06/07/2013 Emerging Threats Your Company May Not Know About - Information Week and Dark Reading 1.04%
05/22/2013 The Economic and Productivity Impact of IT Security on Healthcare - Ponemon Institute 0.48%
05/21/2013 Browser Security Comparative Analysis - NSS Labs 0.56%
05/09/2013 Microsoft Security Intelligence Report - Volume 14, July to December, 2012 1.20%
05/08/2013 2013 BYOD & Mobile Security - Information Security Community 1.76%
05/03/2013 Is Your Company Ready for a Big Data Breach? - Ponemon Institute 1.20%
05/02/2013 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report - Verizon 2.16%
04/25/2013 Moving Beyond Passwords: Consumer Attitudes on Online Authentication - Ponemon Institute 1.68%
04/05/2013 2012 Global Encryption Trends Study - Ponemon Institute 0.96%
03/28/2013 2013 Annual Cost of Failed Trust Report: Threats & Attacks - Ponemon Institute 0.32%
03/25/2013 Security of Cloud Computing Users Study - Ponemon Institute 1.36%
03/22/2013 Big Data Analytics in Cyber Defense - Ponemon Institute 1.12%
03/21/2013 App Reputation Report - February 2013 - Appthority 0.72%
03/14/2013 The Risk of Insider Fraud: Second Annual Study - Ponemon Institute 2.48%
03/14/2013 Data Loss Barometer - A Global Insight Into Lost and Stolen Information - KPMG 1.76%
03/13/2013 Federal Trade Commission - Consumer Sentinel Network Data Book for January - December 2012 0.24%
03/11/2013 Securing Outsourced Consumer Data - Ponemon Institute 4.40%
03/07/2013 McAfee Threats Report Fourth Quarter 2012 - McAfee Labs 0.56%
03/05/2013 2013 Global Security Report - Trustwave 0.64%
03/05/2013 What's Yours is Mine: How Employees are Putting Your Intellectual Property at Risk - Symantec 0.48%
03/04/2013 The Post Breach Boom - Ponemon Institute 1.76%
03/01/2013 Panda Labs - Annual Report: 2012 Summary 0.40%
02/25/2013 Leveraging the Cloud for Law Enforcement - Ponemon Institute, SafeGov, and International Association of Chiefs of Police 0.32%
02/08/2013 Meeting the Cyber Risk Challenge - Harvard Business Review Analytic Services 1.76%
02/06/2013 Practicality of Accelerometer Side Channels on Smartphones - Adam J. Aviv, Benjamin Sapp, Matt Blaze and Jonathan M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania 0.24%
01/30/2013 A Study of Retail Banks and DDoS Attacks - Ponemon Institute 0.40%
01/24/2013 Social Media In the Workplace Around the World: 2012 Survey - Proskauer 2.32%
01/21/2013 Information Retention and eDiscovery Survey: Global Results - Symantec 1.84%
12/24/2012 Pausing Google Play: More Than 100,000 Android Apps May Pose Security Risks - Bit9 0.72%
12/19/2012 E-Reader Privacy Chart, 2012 Edition - Electronic Frontier Foundation 0.40%
12/18/2012 Spear-Phishing Email: Most Favored APT Attack Bait - Trend Micro 1.68%
12/17/2012 State of SMB Cyber Security Readiness: A Study of US Organizations - Ponemon Institute 1.04%
12/13/2012 Third Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security - Ponemon Institute 0.32%
12/12/2012 Emerging Cyber Threats Report 2013 - Georgia Institute of Technology 1.28%
11/27/2012 The Web Privacy Census: October 2012 - Chris Jay Hoofnagle & Nathan Good - Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, University of California 0.40%
11/16/2012 FireEye Advanced Threat Report - 1H 2012 1.92%
11/15/2012 A New Era in Information Security and Cyber Liability Risk Management - Advisen 1.76%
11/15/2012 Fighting to Close the Gap - Ernst and Young's 2012 Global Information Security Survey 1.76%
11/12/2012 Changing the Game: Key Findings from the Global State of Information Security Survey 2013 - Price Waterhouse Coopers 1.36%
11/09/2012 2012 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study: State Governments at Risk - Deloitte 0.40%
11/08/2012 Reputational Risk and IT: 2012 Report - IBM 2.08%
11/01/2012 FTC - National Do Not Call Registry: Data Book FY 2012 0.80%
10/31/2012 2012 National Small Business Study - National Cyber Security Alliance & Symantec 0.24%
10/26/2012 Cyber Liability & Data Breach Insurance Claims: A Study of Actual Payouts for Covered Data Breaches - Net Diligence 4.40%
10/19/2012 2012 Web Session Intelligence and Security Report: Business Logic Abuse Edition - Ponemon Institute 0.48%
10/17/2012 Threats and Risks in Today's Mobile App Marketplace - EMC 0.72%
10/15/2012 IBM X-Force 2012 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report - IBM 0.56%
09/28/2012 Data Breaches in the Government Sector - Rapid7 0.32%
09/26/2012 The Software Security Risk Report 2012 - Forrester 0.80%
09/24/2012 Symantec Intelligence Report: August 2012 - Symantec 2.56%
09/18/2012 Privacy and Data Management on Mobile Devices - Jan Lauren Boyles, Aaron Smith and Mary Madden, Pew Internet Project, Pew Research Center 0.64%
08/28/2012 Legal Risks on the Radar: The Corporate Board Member/FTI Consulting, Inc., 2012 Law and the Boardroom Study - FTI Consulting 0.80%
08/24/2012 Encryption in the Cloud - Ponemon Institute 2.00%
08/09/2012 The Eye Of The Beholder - Andrew Serwin and Tina Stow, The Lares Institute 1.68%
08/03/2012 The Speed of Life: Consumer Intelligence Series, Consumer Privacy: What are Consumers Willing to Share - PWC 1.28%
07/27/2012 Future of Privacy Forum Mobile Apps Study: June 2012 0.80%
07/11/2012 ICS-CERT Incident Response Summary Report 2009-2011 - US Department of Homeland Security 0.16%
07/09/2012 2011 Encryption Trends Study: United States - Ponemon Institute 3.60%
07/06/2012 The Web Privacy Census: June 2012 - Nathan Good and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Berkeley Law, University of California 1.92%
07/02/2012 The State of Risk-Based Security Management 2012: United States - Ponemon Institute 2.80%
06/21/2012 2012 Online Trust Honor Roll and Online Trust Index - Online Trust Alliance 0.88%
06/18/2012 2012 Consumer Study on Data Breach Notification - Ponemon Institute 3.04%
06/18/2012 HIPAA Privacy Rule: Exploration of Patient and Caregiver Perspectives - National Health Council 0.48%
06/12/2012 2012: When the Government Comes Knocking, Who Has Your Back? - Electronic Frontier Foundation 0.16%
06/06/2012 Risk and Compliance Outlook - McAfee 0.40%
05/29/2012 Governance of Enterprise Security: Carnegie Mellon University CyLab 2012 Report - How Boards & Senior Executives are Managing Cyber Risks - Jody R. Westby, CyLab 1.28%
05/24/2012 A Global Study Indexing Consumer Confidence in Mobility - Juniper Networks 0.24%
05/24/2012 Federal Reserve Board - Consumers and Mobile Financial Services 0.08%
05/15/2012 Internet Security Threat Report, 2011 Trends - Symantec 0.24%
05/10/2012 The 2012 Bit9 Cyber Security Research Report - Bit9 0.32%
05/08/2012 2011 Data Breach Notifications Report - Masschusetts Office of Consumer Affairs & Business Regulation 0.32%
04/26/2012 The Data Loss Straw Pole: What Keeps You Up at Night - CDW 0.08%
04/25/2012 2012 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data - Kroll Advisory Solutions 0.16%
04/18/2012 What Do Online Behavioral Advertising Disclosures Communicate to Users - Pedro Giovanni Leon, Justin Cranshaw, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Jim Graves, Manoj Hastak, Blase Ur and Guzi Xu - CyLab, Carnegie Mellon University 0.40%
04/05/2012 IBM X-Force 2011 Trend and Risk Report - IBM 0.16%
04/02/2012 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report - Verizon 0.16%
03/28/2012 Search Engine Use 2012 - Kristen Purcell, Joanna Brenner and Lee Rainie, Pew Internet Project 0.24%
03/27/2012 Social Networks in the Workplace Around the World - Proskauer Rose LLP 0.08%
03/23/2012 2011 Cost of a Data Breach Study: United States - Ponemon Institute 0.56%
03/23/2012 State of Security 2012 - McAfee 0.40%
03/22/2012 Privacy and Security: The New Drivers of Brand, Reputation and Action - Global Insights 2012 - Edelman 0.32%
03/22/2012 FTC - Using FACTA Remedies: a Staff Report on a Survey of Identity Theft Victims 0.08%
03/19/2012 The Human Factor in Data Protection - Ponemon Institute 0.40%
03/14/2012 2011 Global Encryption Trends Study - Ponemon Institute 0.48%
03/09/2012 Governance of Enterprise Security: CyLab 2012 Report - Jody R. Westby, CyLab 0.08%
03/06/2012 Data Security in Small Healthcare Organizations - Ponemon Institute 0.24%
03/01/2012 BSA Global Cloud Computing Scorecard - Business Software Alliance 0.16%
03/01/2012 The Impact of U.S. Internet Privacy Regulations on Early Stage Investment: a Quantitative Study - Booz & Co. 0.08%
02/13/2012 Breach Report 2011 - Protected Health Information - Redspin 0.08%
02/01/2012 Aftermath of a Data Breach Study - Ponemon Institute 0.08%
01/12/2012 Raising the Bar: 2011 TMT Global Security Study - Key Findings, Deloitte 0.16%
12/23/2011 Inviting Patients to Read their Doctors' Notes: Patients and Doctors Look Ahead - Jan Walker et al. - Annals of Internal Medicine 0.08%
12/09/2011 Reputation Impact of a Data Breach: U.S. Study of Executives & Managers - Ponemon Institute 0.08%
11/28/2011 Why Parents Help Their Children Lie To Facebook About Age: Unintended Consequences of the 'Children's Online Privacy Protection Act' - Danah Boyd, Eszter Hargittai, Jason Schultz and John Palfrey, First Monday 0.08%
11/22/2011 Why Johnny Can't Opt Out: A Usability Evaluation Of Tools to Limit Online Behavioral Advertising - Pedro G. Leon, Blase Ur, Rebecca Balebako, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Richard Shay, and Yang Wang, Carnegie Mellon University 0.24%
11/18/2011 Best Practices in Data Protection: Survey of US IT and IT Security Practitioners - Ponemon Institute 0.08%
11/17/2011 Healthcare Information Security Today - Information Security Media Group 0.40%
11/01/2011 Microsoft Security Intelligence Report - Microsoft 0.08%
10/13/2011 The Demographics of Privacy: A Blueprint for Understanding Consumer Perceptions and Behavior - The Lares Institute 0.16%
10/12/2011 Verizon 2011 Payment Card Industry Compliance Report - Verizon 0.16%
09/26/2011 The State of Email Encryption - Ponemon Institute 0.32%
09/19/2011 Symantec Intelligence Report: August 2011 - Symantec 0.56%
09/16/2011 The Leaking Vault 2011: 6 Years of Data Breaches - Suzanne Widup, Digital Forensics Association 0.16%
09/12/2011 2011 State of Security Survey - Global Findings, Symantec 0.08%
09/09/2011 2011 Survey of Patient Privacy Breaches - Veriphyr 0.08%
08/25/2011 Tracking the Trackers Microsoft Advertising - Jonathan Mayer, Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School 0.16%
08/23/2011 2010 Annual Study: Global Cost of a Data Breach, Ponemon Institute 0.48%
08/11/2011 Behavioural Advertising and Privacy - TRUSTe 0.08%
08/09/2011 2011 ISUG Report On Data Security Management Challenges - International Sybase User Group 0.32%
05/06/2011 Top Business/Technology Issues Survey Results 2011 - ISACA 0.40%
05/05/2011 Security of Cloud Computing Providers Study - Ponemon Institute 0.08%
04/25/2011 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report - Verizon 0.08%
04/21/2011 AdChoices? Compliance with Online Behavioral Advertising Notice and Choice Requirements - Saranga Komanduri, Richard Shay, Greg Norcie and Lorrie Faith Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University 0.16%
04/14/2011 Underground Economies: Intellectual Capital and Sensitive Corporate Data Now the Latest Cybercrime Currency - McAfee 0.08%
04/12/2011 Cisco 2010 Annual Security Report: Highliting Global Security Threats and Trends - Cisco Systems, Inc. 0.16%
04/06/2011 March 2011 Intelligence Report - Symantec 0.16%
03/22/2011 Privacy and Security in Health Care: A Fresh Look - Deloitte 0.24%
02/24/2011 The True Cost of Compliance - A Benchmark Study of Multinational Organizations - Ponemon Institute 0.56%
02/11/2011 Health Data at Risk in Development: A Call for Data Masking - Ponemon Institute LLC 0.08%
12/22/2010 The Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Problem - Benchmark Study of U.S. Organizations - Ponemon Institute 0.08%
12/16/2010 Visual Data Breach Risk Assessment Study - People Security Consulting Services LLC 0.24%
09/01/2010 2010 SMB Information Protection Survey - Symantec 0.08%
08/12/2010 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report - Verizon Business 0.08%
06/09/2010 Corporate End User Survey: Employee Online Behavior - Trend Micro 0.08%
05/14/2010 Retail Email Unsubscribe Benchmark Study: An End-to-End Examination of the Opt-out Practices of the Top Online Retailers - Chad White, Responsys 0.08%
03/25/2010 Brandjacking Index 2009: The Year in Review - MarkMonitor 0.08%
12/22/2009 2009 Data Breach Investigations Supplemental Report, Anatomy of a Data Breach - Verizon Business 0.08%
10/23/2009 State Of Technology Security: Top 10 Biggest Security Threats - ChannelWeb 0.08%
09/18/2009 Insider Risk Management: a Framework Approach to Internal Security - Brian Burke and Christian Christiansen, RSA 0.24%
09/09/2009 Regulations Shift Focus On Outbound Email Security - Proofpoint Inc. 0.24%
08/26/2009 Minimizing The Pain Of eDiscovery With A Proactive Strategy - Osterman Research 0.08%
07/20/2009 Securing Unstructured Data: How Best-in-Class Companies Manage to Serve and Protect - Aberdeen Group 0.08%
04/20/2009 Data Governance Strategies: Helping Your Organization Comply, Transform, and Integrate - Philip Russom - The Data Warehousing Institute 0.24%
03/12/2009 Common Sense Guide To Prevention And Detection Of Insider Threats - Ver. 3.1 - Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute 0.08%
01/08/2009 The Driving Motivations of Stakeholders in the Delivery of Privacy by Enterprises - C. Nickel, T. Sander and P. Bramhall - Hewlett-Packard Laboratories 0.40%
01/06/2009 Maine Data Breach Study - Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation 0.08%
11/26/2008 Keeping the Subscriber Experience Positive After "Unsubscribe Me" - ReturnPath.net 0.08%
11/12/2008 Endpoint Security Survey - SanDisk Corporation 0.24%
10/29/2008 Browser Privacy Features: A Work In Progress - CDT Report - Center for Democracy and Technology 0.08%
10/08/2008 The Challenge of Data Leakage For Businesses and Employees Around The World - Cisco 0.16%
09/17/2008 Risk at Home - Privacy and Security Risks in Telecommuting - Ernst & Young LLP and Center for Democracy and Technology 0.24%
06/30/2008 Survey on the Governance of Unstructured Data - Ponemon Institute 0.08%
07/26/2006 Telecommuting Gaining Ground - Robert Half Technology - Press Release 0.08%
   

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