Over the past few months I’ve been keeping a fairly close eye on the evolution of social networks and the security and privacy impacts they have not only on the individuals participating, but also on the businesses that allow their personnel to use the sites from the company’s network. Or, what is more often the case, the large amount of employees using the sites from the company network during work hours unbeknownst to their bosses.
Archive for the ‘Information Security’ Category
New PCI Standard Draft Released Today; the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS)
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007The PCI Security Standards Council announced today the release of draft for a new standard for payment application software; the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS).
Insider Threat Lessons: Posting Threats And Personnel PII On The Internet Establishes Federal Jurisdiction
Monday, November 5th, 2007Here’s another insider threat example to know and to discuss with your legal counsel and HR folks. It highlights the need for information security and privacy policies, shows how information security and privacy must work with multiple areas on an ongoing basis, and demonstrates the sanctions that can be brought against those who break them.
Insider Threat Lessons: Posting Threats And Personnel PII On The Internet Establishes Federal Jurisdiction
Monday, November 5th, 2007Here’s another insider threat example to know and to discuss with your legal counsel and HR folks. It highlights the need for information security and privacy policies, shows how information security and privacy must work with multiple areas on an ongoing basis, and demonstrates the sanctions that can be brought against those who break them.
Email Security and Privacy: NY Hospital Retention Ruling Points Out Importance of Policies and Awareness
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007On October 17, 2007, there was a very interesting ruling regarding a doctor’s email communications sent to an attorney and the associated attorney privilege. In the matter of Scott v Beth Israel Med. Ctr. Inc. the New York Supreme Court found that the doctor’s email messages to his attorneys using the hospital network were not privileged and could be retained by the hospital even though the doctor wanted the hospital to stop retaining his messages and delete all emails related to his communications with his lawyers.
5-Point Checklist for Info Sec and Privacy Pros to Use for Data Protection and Privacy Law Compliance
Sunday, October 28th, 2007One of the basic privacy principles is to limit the collection of personally identifiable information (PII) to only that which is necessary for the business purpose for which it is being collected. These privacy principles, built largely around the OECD privacy principles, are the basis for most data protection and privacy laws throughout the world.
Microsoft’s Charney Agrees That Information Security and Privacy Pros Must Work Together
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Yesterday (Wednesday) was the final day of the IAPP Privacy Academy, and it was a great conference for me! I have been preaching about information security and privacy collaboration within a 2-day training seminar over the past 2 years, so it is good to finally start hearing others recognize and promote the need for information security and privacy practitioners to work together.
Training Info Sec and Privacy For Incident Response; Many Issues Overlap
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007It has been great talking in-depth about privacy issues over the past two days here at the IAPP Privacy Academy.
We had a great turnout for the pre-conference seminar; the room was filled to the 60-person capacity. It was good to hear the concerns and common practices of the diverse organizations for how they are providing privacy training and awareness.
How To Answer Four Questions Executives Have About Data Leakage
Friday, October 19th, 2007Last 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.
The World is Miffed About Spam & Phishing
Thursday, October 18th, 2007Several 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.
