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Adam Shostack: Best Practices for Information Security

Adam Shostack is an expert in information and cyber security. As the founder and President of Shostack & Associates . Adam Shostack has more than twenty years of experience with delivering practical, creative, and effective solutions to a wide range of cyber security and information privacy issues. What is a data breach? A data breach is any event that results in the inappropriate disclosure or unauthorized access of sensitive, confidential, or otherwise protected information. This type of breach may involve the inappropriate disclosure of personal health information, personally identifiable information, trade secrets, and/or intellectual property. Organizations must ensure proper security of electronic and physical restricted information, regardless of how it is stored. Best Practices for Securing Confidential Information ·          Keep your software up to date.   Most importantly, make sure your operating system and web browser are updating automatically on each o