Archive for June, 2014
Thursday, June 26th, 2014
Big data analytics are being used more widely every day for an even wider number of reasons. These new methods of applying analytics certainly can bring innovative improvements for business. For example, retail businesses are successfully using big data analytics to predict the hot items each season, and to predict geographic areas where demand will be greatest, just to name a couple of uses.
The power of big data analytics is so great that in addition to all the positive business possibilities, there are just as many new privacy concerns being created. Here are ten of the most significant privacy risks. (more…)
Tags:big data, big data analytics, IBM, Information Security, infosec, Internet of Things, IoT, midmarket, privacy, privacy professor, privacy risks, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
In the past couple of weeks I’ve spoken with five different small to mid-size organizations who have had a software or hardware vendor basically tell them, “Our product is HIPAA compliant! Use it and you will also be fully HIPAA compliant!” How can that be? In three words; it can’t be. Here’s what is most likely going on with those claims. (more…)
Tags:10X Medical Devices, compliance, data protection, encryption, firewalls, HIPAA, IBM, Information Security, infosec, midmarket, privacy professor, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold, risk assessment, risk management
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Friday, June 6th, 2014
So today AT&T announced plans to test a service allowing payment card providers to access the location of a customer’s phone to improve the accuracy of fraud prevention systems for transactions made abroad. AT&T customers will have to opt-in to the fraud protection service, which will also be me made available to enterprise customers later this year.
Antone Gonsalves asked me for my opinions about the privacy implications, which he included some of within his article he published on CSO Online today. However, I wanted to make several more points to follow-on to his article. (more…)
Tags:AT&T, breach, credit card fraud, fraud prevention, GPS, GPS tracking, PIA, privacy, privacy impact assessment, privacy professor, Rebecca Herold, surveillance
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
There are many new small and mid-size business start-ups who are offering a wide range of online services, mobile apps, and smart devices. There are also many businesses that have been around a long time that see an opportunity and so are expanding into these areas. I’ve spoken with many such businesses, and they often make two common privacy mistakes: (more…)
Tags:data protection, IBM, Information Security, infosec, marketing, midmarket, PIA, privacy, privacy impact assessment, privacy professor, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold, risk assessment, risk management
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