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Cybersecurity investment pays more than monetary dividends - TechTarget

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:25:40 +0000

Cybersecurity investment pays more than monetary dividends
TechTarget
When Australian bank Westpac Group wanted to improve its data security by deploying quantum encryption, the financial firm decided against just buying a product. Instead, the 13-million-customer banking group invested in ... With 46% of financial ...

The CISO role rises: How is it working out? - TechTarget

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:00:19 +0000

The CISO role rises: How is it working out?
TechTarget
(Chip cards with PINs or signatures and the infrastructure to support them are mandated, starting this month, or companies face increased liability.) The Security and Exchange Commission now requires companies to disclose cyber risks and material ...

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What To Do About Our Cybersecurity Problems - Forbes

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:44:45 +0000

Forbes

What To Do About Our Cybersecurity Problems
Forbes
Forbes asked ten cyber-experts to offer up their best ideas for stemming the threats we face when it comes to digital security. ... What we need is an Apollo-like national project to build a new, secure network for critical infrastructure that would ...

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Thieves Expose Healthcare's Data Integrity Shortfalls - HealthITInteroperability.com (registration) (blog)

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 13:32:44 +0000

Thieves Expose Healthcare's Data Integrity Shortfalls
HealthITInteroperability.com (registration) (blog)
“Some hospitals have yet to implement even basic preventive measures such as intrusion-detection systems, infrastructure security assessments, remote data wiping of mobile devices or encryption.” Lack of security awareness among employees worsens the ...

Cybersecurity: Why Your Firewalls Aren't Enough - Financial-Planning.com

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 07:43:04 +0000

Cybersecurity: Why Your Firewalls Aren't Enough
Financial-Planning.com
At my firm, Savant Capital Management, we've pursued data security in a number of ways over the years. In the 1980s and ... A FINRA paper released earlier this year, “Report on Cybersecurity Practices,” identified the top three threats facing brokerage ...

Promoting cyber hygiene - The Hill

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:04:27 +0000

Promoting cyber hygiene
The Hill
The scary truth is that data security experts have suggested 90 percent of successful cyberattacks are due to system administrators overlooking two integral pillars of network security: cyber hygiene and security management. ... The legislation will ...

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The breach we could have avoided - The Hill

Thu, 01 Oct 2015 00:04:27 +0000

The breach we could have avoided
The Hill
OPM leadership consciously ignored warnings of “material weakness” in data security from the inspector general (IG) for at least eight years. Inexcusably, OPM leadership operated systems without valid authorizations despite knowing the inherent risks ...

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E-waste Collection Drive at Metro Stations - The New Indian Express

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:49:00 +0000

E-waste Collection Drive at Metro Stations
The New Indian Express
BENGALURU: Namma Metro will launch an e-waste collection drive at the MG Road, Trinity Circle, Indiranagar and Byappanahalli Metro stations on Friday. The initiative will continue till the month-end and is being launched with the support of Binbag, ...

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Vectra Networks raises $35 million in sizzling cyber security investment market - Silicon Valley Business Journal (blog)

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:03:58 +0000

Silicon Valley Business Journal (blog)

Vectra Networks raises $35 million in sizzling cyber security investment market
Silicon Valley Business Journal (blog)
The company has installed its threat management solution with 150 customers, several within the Fortune 50. ... According to Sheth, Vectra Networks will use the latest round to bring product to market, engineering and building company infrastructure.

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E-waste Totals Announced from September Collection - The Roundup

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 18:17:48 +0000

The Roundup

E-waste Totals Announced from September Collection
The Roundup
Yellowstone E-waste Solutions employee Cody Brunk is shown "decommissioning" outdated electronics for recycling at the 2015 "E-rase your E-waste" collection event held Sept. 11-12 in Sidney. This is the 11th year for the event, which has kept nearly ...

The Gold And Silver (And More) In Our E&Waste Is Worth Billions Of Dollars - Co.Exist

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 13:19:01 +0000

Co.Exist

The Gold And Silver (And More) In Our E&Waste Is Worth Billions Of Dollars
Co.Exist
The world throws out between 30 and 50 million tons of e-waste a year, and the amount is growing between 3% and 5% annually. A new study found that in Europe alone, the materials in our biggest categories of e-waste—everything from phones and laptops ...

The Dollars and Cents of Protecting Your Data - Security Intelligence (blog)

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 12:16:17 +0000

Security Intelligence (blog)

The Dollars and Cents of Protecting Your Data
Security Intelligence (blog)
Combine this with the rapid growth of data within the environments, the complexity of compliance across industries and the threat of internal and external attacks, and you have a perfect storm that highlights the importance of creating a successful ...

Rackspace widens security and compliance offering - Cloud Pro

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 07:28:45 +0000

Cloud Pro

Rackspace widens security and compliance offering
Cloud Pro
Rackspace has launched a Managed Security and Compliance Assistance service that will advise and assist companies to roll out the most robust data security policies possible, to protect business processes and mitigate risk across the entire ...
Rackspace Launches Managed Security and Compliance Assistance Offering CNNMoney

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Discard your e-waste - The Hindu

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 06:12:50 +0000

The Hindu

Discard your e-waste
The Hindu
From October 2, four Namma Metro stations will be part of a mission to ensure toxic e-waste reaches the right destination. Volunteers from Binbag – a startup being incubated at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore's N.S. Raghavan Centre for ...

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Arizona Technology Council Seeks to Reduce E-Waste With Free Technology ... - Business Wire (press release)

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 17:06:00 +0000

Arizona Technology Council Seeks to Reduce E-Waste With Free Technology ...
Business Wire (press release)
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For environmentally conscious consumers and businesses seeking to responsibly manage potentially dangerous electronic waste (E-Waste), the Arizona Technology Council Foundation supported by Data Doctors and ...

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Made Of Recycled E&Waste, A Wearable To Save The Earth - Co.Design

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 16:20:32 +0000

Co.Design

Made Of Recycled E&Waste, A Wearable To Save The Earth
Co.Design
Several smart design choices help keep the Worldbeing philosophically honest. For one, the wristband is made of recycled e-waste: discarded plastics and circuit boards that have been shred into confetti, then injection-molded into an agglomerate material.

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Wisconsin awards electronics recycling contract to Cascade Asset Management - Recycling Today

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 14:31:36 +0000

Recycling Today

Wisconsin awards electronics recycling contract to Cascade Asset Management
Recycling Today
The Wisconsin Department of Administration has awarded a 24-month electronics recycling contract to Cascade Asset Management. The company says it will provide e-Stewards- and National Association for Information Destruction- (NAID-) certified recycling ...

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Brokerage offering e-waste event - Ventura County Star

Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:19:47 +0000

Ventura County Star

Brokerage offering e-waste event
Ventura County Star
The Coldwell Banker Westlake Village office is hosting an e-waste recycling event as part of their Community Foundation fundraising efforts supporting Many Mansions Conejo Valley. The event will take place on Saturday, Oct. 10 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m..

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Safely destroy sensitive documents, e-waste at 'Shred & Toss” - TheReporter.Com

Sat, 26 Sep 2015 01:41:37 +0000

Safely destroy sensitive documents, e-waste at 'Shred & Toss”
TheReporter.Com
Accepted e-waste items include electronic monitors of all kinds, VCRs, computer keyboards, computer mice, digital cameras, zip drives, telephones of all kinds, printers, copiers, small household appliances (toasters, mixers, blenders, and vacuum ...

E-waste drop out collected 32 tons of electronic items - Buffalo News

Thu, 24 Sep 2015 15:33:38 +0000

E-waste drop out collected 32 tons of electronic items
Buffalo News
More than 32 tons of electronic waste (“e-waste”) was collected at a Sept. 12 recycling event held at the GM Tonawanda Engine Plant. The county has partnered with the GM Tonawanda Engine Plant on the no-cost collection events for the past eight years, ...

Somerset County has free e-waste recycling - MyCentralJersey.com

Sat, 12 Sep 2015 16:04:41 +0000

MyCentralJersey.com

Somerset County has free e-waste recycling
MyCentralJersey.com
E-waste includes computers (both desktops and laptops), monitors (cathode-ray tube and flat panel), televisions (cathode-ray tube and flat panel), copiers, digital cameras, DVD players, e-book readers, fax machines, MP3 players, personal digital ...

Raytheon receives e-Stewards Enterprise designation - Recycling Today

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:55:32 +0000

Raytheon receives e-Stewards Enterprise designation
Recycling Today
Related. Wisconsin awards electronics recycling contract to Cascade Asset Management. September 29, 2015. Contract term is 24 months. Read More · Padnos reaches milestone in its solar energy initiative. September 28, 2015. One million kilowatt hours of ...

New report modifies illegal e-scrap trade rate - Recycling Today

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 07:51:59 +0000

Recycling Today

New report modifies illegal e-scrap trade rate
Recycling Today
Interpol, UNEP still say nearly two-thirds of European e-scrap may not be handled properly. August 31, 2015. In some respects backing away from a May 2015 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) study on cross-border electronic scrap trading, ...

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Kids gets free haircuts Sunday for back to school - WKOW

Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:29:17 +0000

WKOW

Kids gets free haircuts Sunday for back to school
WKOW
MADISON (WKOW) -- Hundreds of kids have a new haircut just in time for the school year, thanks to a local barbershop. Kids of all ages sat down with barbers at JP Hair Design on the west side of Madison on Sunday. Owner Jeff Patterson says he and his ...

Zloop Inc. and two affiliates file for bankruptcy - Storage & Destruction Business

Thu, 20 Aug 2015 13:24:44 +0000

Storage & Destruction Business

Zloop Inc. and two affiliates file for bankruptcy
Storage & Destruction Business
The debtor is not seeking additional financing but to use cash collateral to finance the chapter 11 cases. Related. Wisconsin awards electronics recycling contract to Cascade Asset Management. September 29, 2015. Contract term is 24 months. Read More ...

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Market research firm releases study on electronics recycling - Storage & Destruction Business

Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:06:05 +0000

Market research firm releases study on electronics recycling
Storage & Destruction Business
... about the report is available at www.transparencymarketresearch.com/electronics-recycling-market.html. Related. Wisconsin awards electronics recycling contract to Cascade Asset Management. September 29, 2015. Contract term is 24 months. Read More ...

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Securis adds North Carolina location - Storage & Destruction Business

Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:00:32 +0000

Securis adds North Carolina location
Storage & Destruction Business
According to a report in the Triad Business Journal, electronics recycling company Securis has opened a franchise in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The Greensboro, North Carolina, location is owned by Stephen Cox, who owns ...

Reclamere expands eForensics team - Storage & Destruction Business

Wed, 15 Jul 2015 11:50:26 +0000

Reclamere expands eForensics team
Storage & Destruction Business
Pennsylvania data security and IT asset management company prepares for the launch of Data Security 360. July 15, 2015. Reclamere, based in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, says it has hired Connie G. Mastovich, CISSP, to expand and strengthen its eForensics ...

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WRS Italia enters the U.S. shredder market - Storage & Destruction Business

Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:51:30 +0000

WRS Italia enters the U.S. shredder market
Storage & Destruction Business
WRS Italia shredder Shredder manufacturer WRS Italia of Italy has entered the U.S. shredder market. The company recently promoted its equipment at WasteExpo, held in Las Vegas June 1-4, 2015. The company is part of Steel Group, a steel producer based ...

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Consumer electronics decline as portion of municipal waste stream in 2013 - Recycling Today

Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:29:33 +0000

Consumer electronics decline as portion of municipal waste stream in 2013
Recycling Today
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Arlington, Virginia, citing a new report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), says consumer electronics (CE) are the fastest-declining portion of the U.S. municipal solid waste stream. The CEA ...

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Cascade Featured in Fortune Magazine

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:41:08 +0000

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Local Company Recycles Old Consumer Electronics

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:50:08 +0000

at the dock at the Cascade Warehouse and this scene is repeated day in and day out as so-called e-waste arrives from around the globe for recycling

Down to Earth: E-waste in Wisconsin

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:53:00 +0000

A bill recently introduced at the state capitol would force electronics makers to take back, or at least pay for the cost to recycle, many of your old televisions and computer parts.

Learner: Mandate E-Waste Recycling

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:22:00 +0000

Television broadcasting, sets and signals will soon be transformed. Just one year from now, the switch to digital broadcasting from analog signals will make millions of TV sets obsolete.

The Afterlife of Cellphones

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Americans threw out just shy of three million tons of household electronics in 2006.

High-Tech Trash

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Will your discarded TV end up in a ditch in Ghana?