Today the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a new report about social security numbers (SSNs), identity theft, and recommended 5 ways to help prevend having SSNs being used for identity theft…
Archive for December, 2008
Blackberry Disposal Lessons From McCain & Palin
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Another real-life example to show the importance of having effective policies and procedures in place for not only information disposal, but also for the disposal of computers and storage media…
Example Of Why Business Leaders MUST Ensure Third Party Security
Monday, December 15th, 2008Below is a good example of why organizations need to do third party (vendor, outsourcers, business partners, etc.) information security and privacy program reviews. A very important sentence to show your business leaders who don’t think they need to ensure third party security is, “The lender made the data vulnerable, the complaint alleges, by allowing a third-party home seller to access the data without taking reasonable steps to protect it.”
Insider Threat & More Examples Related To Putting Info on the Internet
Saturday, December 13th, 2008Here are some more examples of the dumb things that folks (often times folks within your organization) put on the Internet that had some bad repercussions…remember, once you put something on the Internet, even for a short period of time, you might as well accept that it will be out there forever…
ED and HHS Gives Guidance for HIPAA and FERPA Relationship
Friday, December 12th, 2008New Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Regulations
Thursday, December 11th, 2008New FERPA Regulations were issued yesterday…
New Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Regulations
Thursday, December 11th, 2008New FERPA Regulations were issued yesterday…
Domain Name Hell…Deja Vu All Over Again!
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Last night I thought it odd that I did not receive any email messages after around 8pm. And this morning, it was V E R Y odd that I did not have the usual bunch of overnight spam in my inbox…
What’s up with this?
Insider Threats Even More Significant During Down Economy
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008I’ve written a lot about the insider threat, and the many different motivations for insiders to do malicious things (in addition to the other two types of insider threats of mistakes and lack of awareness).
Here are a couple of recently published research reports that shows how this horrible economy is impacting information security and making organizations even more vulnerable to privacy breaches…
Recommendations To President Elect Obama For How To Improve Cybersecurity
Monday, December 8th, 2008Today the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency released a report, “Securing Cyberspace for the 44th President,” that includes recommendations for a comprehensive strategy to improve cybersecurity in federal systems and in critical infrastructure.
