Stories about: Fidelity National

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IT contractor indicted for sabotaging computer system 19 March, 2009 08:26

An IT contract employee who formerly worked at an oil and gas production company in the US, was indicted Tuesday on charges of sabotaging a computer system he helped set up because the company did not offer him a permanent job.
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How to avoid 5 common storage mishaps 10 February, 2009 09:12

Think you can guess the No. 1 threat to the security of your stored data? If you said hackers, or even trouble-making insiders, you'd be wrong. While malicious threats are an ongoing concern, it's your well-meaning employees who are more likely to unknowingly expose your company's stored data through, say, a file-sharing network or a misplaced laptop.
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DBA who stole consumer data gets 57 months in prison 17 July, 2008 08:35

A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services who admitted last year that he stole the personal data of about 8.5 million consumers and sold the information to data brokers has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a federal judge.
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Certegy offers to settle data breach lawsuit 17 March, 2008 07:38

In a move designed to avoid the time and costs associated with a protracted legal battle, Certegy Check Services has offered to settle a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of 8.5 million people whose personal data was compromised by an insider theft that the company disclosed last July.
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Five data leak nightmares 08 January, 2008 10:20

Data breaches cost companies an average of US$197 per record in 2007, according to a study by the Ponemon Institute. The average cost of a data breach was US$6.3 million, up from US$4.8 million in 2006.
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The 2007 security hall of shame 27 December, 2007 07:47

How bad was 2007 for breaches, vulnerabilities and similar mayhem? On the bright side, it was better than 2008 is forecast to be. With more of every sort of meltdown predicted -- more criminalization of the hacker community, more Web-application attacks, more phishing, more spamming, more zero-day attacks and more virtualization-related threats -- we're happy to tell you that you are likely to look back on 2007 as the peaceful old days.
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Admin to plead guilty in theft of 8.5M records from database 28 November, 2007 11:29

A senior database administrator at a subsidiary of Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) who was accused of stealing about 8.5 million customer records and selling them to data brokers is expected to plead guilty tomorrow to felony fraud charges in US District Court in Tampa, according to court documents.
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Fidelity: Ex-worker stole 2.3 million customer records 04 July, 2007 11:15

Fidelity National Information Services, a financial-processing company, has said a senior-level database administrator at one of its subsidiaries stole 2.3 million consumer records containing credit card, bank account and other personal information.
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When your outsourcer is acquired 15 August, 2006 11:55

If you asked Kevin Smith three years ago what it's like to have your outsourcer acquired by another company, he might have said, "No problem." Today, however, he's got a different tale to tell. That's because Smith, information systems director at U.S.-based Spyder Active Sports, has had the experience not once, but twice. And while the first transition couldn't have gone more smoothly, the second ended in disarray.
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Cash for stash 19 July, 2006 13:50

Finding the letter, order, invoice, e-mail, or whatever document you want when you want it can be not just a nice idea but a business imperative. But like everything worthwhile it comes at a cost
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BPM in the trenches 30 June, 2005 16:00

Lately it seems the moon and the stars are perfectly aligned for BPM -- the tools and methodologies for modeling, developing, and maintaining enterprise business processes. Scores of vendors now offer BPM software, which provides the means to analyze, optimize, and automate business procedures, from procurement workflows to insurance underwriting.