Archive for October, 2007

1st Woman Space Station Commander…An Iowa Farm Girl!

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

I thought this was pretty cool; it’s been on the local news here quite a lot, but it is neat to see it making national news…

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Best privacy advisers in 2007

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

On Thursday, 10/18, Computerworld released their list of “The best privacy advisers in 2007

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How To Answer Four Questions Executives Have About Data Leakage

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Last week I had the opportunity to discuss what executives need to know about preventing data leakage with Richard Swart at bankinfosecurity.com for a podcast that was posted earlier this week.

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The World is Miffed About Spam & Phishing

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Several weeks ago I got spam from an information security company about a seminar they are putting on. I did not respond; I wasn’t interested. Since that time I have received many messages, all with the same content, from various people from that organization, the tone of which really ticked me off. The following is an excerpt.

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The World is Miffed About Spam & Phishing

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

Several weeks ago I got spam from an information security company about a seminar they are putting on. I did not respond; I wasn’t interested. Since that time I have received many messages, all with the same content, from various people from that organization, the tone of which really ticked me off. The following is an excerpt.

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Data Will Always Be Less Safe In The Future…I Don’t Want To Get Gussied Up To Talk On The Phone

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

I have a blog problem…there are way too many things I want to blog about and not enough hours in the day to do it! Throughout each day I note news items from the TV, or website news articles, or research, or reports, or just observations while at businesses or in public, and I only have a chance to blog about a small fraction of them. Today I think I’ll just briefly mention five of the topics I’ve planned to blog about, along with a brief note about each, and then maybe I’ll be able to revisit them sometime in the near future and discuss them at greater length.

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Finding a Five Leaf Clover!

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Something very cool…my son Noah found a five-leaf clover today while waiting to be picked up at school. We are going to laminate it, then I’ll take a photo and post it on my site.

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Trending Towards More Business Applied Employee Sanctions For Security Incidents

Monday, October 15th, 2007

I’ve been noticing lately more and more organizations sanctioning their employees for not following information security policies. I first blogged about it recently on September 24 about a hospital actively enforcing sanctions for HIPAA violations, then again on October 10 about another hospital sanctioning employees for noncompliance, then again on October 11, and then again just yesterday.

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Sanctions For Ohio Breach: Lost Vacation Time, Terminations, and a “Resignation”

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

The Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) has determined that the appropriate sanction for inadequate security practices by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services’ Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS) ERP project system team leader, that resulted in the theft of an un-encrypted backup tape containing the personally identifiable information (PII) of 1.3 million individuals, is the loss of 40 hours of vacation time.

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HIPAA, The Insider Threat & Prison Time

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

It seems there are more and more stories related to patient privacy and HIPAA popping up lately. Today another story caught my eye related to them.

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