Archive for the ‘Information Security’ Category

Cautionary Tales for Tweeting About Work

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

I’ve been using Twitter now (http://www.twitter.com/privacyprof) for three going on four weeks. I’ve found it to be a very great way to be in touch with the latest news and happenings, and also to get in touch with other folks who care about and want to discuss the same types of topics as I do. I also see using Twitter within business organizations as a very good awareness raising tool. More on that in another post. But for now I want to discuss some of the potential personal hazards of tweeting…

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Encryption Solution Reviews

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Here are some encryption solution reviews, from David Strom at PC World, that anyone who wants to protect their laptop data, as well as information security, and yes privacy, practitioners should find useful…

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Computer Fraud Criminal Sentenced To 4 1/2 Yrs Jailtime + US$1.6 Million

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Would you notice a $20 – $30 fraudulent charge mixed in with a lot of other charges…most people have more than 10 according to a financial fraud expert friend…on your credit card statement?
It looks like in Bulgaria they really lower the sanctions boom on those committing computer fraud..

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Business Continuity Awareness Week is 3/23 – 3/27

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Here’s another awareness raising opportunity…

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68 Info Sec & Privacy Tweets Digest Back Through March 7

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Once more I’m providing a digest of the Twitter tweets I put out (PrivacyProf) over the past week that provided pointers to interesting and useful news reports and pieces of information that I do not want to have lost in the vastness of the ever-growing twittersphere. So, for posterity and my own future reference…my own backup if you will…here’s a listing of the ones I want to be able to look back upon without paging through multiple posts on my PrivacyProf account…

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Court Decision on FACTA Credit Card Transaction Receipt Violations

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

I was doing a bit of research around the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), and ran across an interesting recent court decision…

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Court Decision on FACTA Credit Card Transaction Receipt Violations

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

I was doing a bit of research around the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA), and ran across an interesting recent court decision…

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Here’s the link for Web 2.0 Privacy and Security Considerations

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

I forgot the link to my article yesterday!!
Here it is…
Web 2.0 Privacy and Security Considerations

Web 2.0 Privacy and Security Considerations

Monday, March 9th, 2009

I’ve been having a lot of conversations in the past few weeks about Web 2.0 privacy and security issues. Web 2.0 certainly has greatly enhanced how the Internet can be used. Posting information on blogs, social networking sites, microblogs (such as Twitter), texting, IMing and an assortment of other types of activities have become a normal part of many people’s lives.

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Web 2.0 Privacy and Security Considerations

Monday, March 9th, 2009

I’ve been having a lot of conversations in the past few weeks about Web 2.0 privacy and security issues. Web 2.0 certainly has greatly enhanced how the Internet can be used. Posting information on blogs, social networking sites, microblogs (such as Twitter), texting, IMing and an assortment of other types of activities have become a normal part of many people’s lives.

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