Since I’m on the topic of cell phone security and privacy today, I want to discuss briefly a story from yesterday on CNN, “Fan hacks Linkin singer cell data, threatens wife.”
Archive for the ‘Privacy and Compliance’ Category
Support for Information Assurance Activities: Details of FTC Rulings Since 1969 Now Available
Monday, November 20th, 2006I am excited. I’m really happy to see that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has now made available all the minute details about all their rulings since 1969 in one easy (comparatively) to find location.
Why is this so neat, you ask?
More About the FTC Tech-ade Public Hearing
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006I just found a blog for the FTC Tech-ade public hearing I just posted about; the Tech-Ade Blog. Some very interesting thoughts about a wide range of topics!
More About the FTC Tech-ade Public Hearing
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006I just found a blog for the FTC Tech-ade public hearing I just posted about; the Tech-Ade Blog. Some very interesting thoughts about a wide range of topics!
FTC Public Hearing Presenters Forecast Privacy Concerns For the Next 10 Years
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) held a public hearing Nov. 6-8 at George Washington University to discuss the ways in which technological and business developments will impact consumers’ experiences in the next 10 years.
Information Assurance: Make a Perspective Adjustment; It’s All About the Business
Monday, November 13th, 2006Last week I was at the Computer Security Institute 33rd Annual Computer Security Conference & Exhibition where Chris Grillo and I also gave our post-conference seminar, “Effectively Partnering InfoSec and Privacy For Business Success“. It was interesting to hear the folks attending both the conference and our seminar express their concerns related to information security and privacy. I am always intrigued by the various viewpoints of folks in not only different industries, but also of those who have very little experience in dealing with information security, privacy and compliance versus those with a great amount of experience. It is very noticeable how the viewpoints shift from trying to address primarily only technical issues (overwhelmingly those with little experience) to the viewpoint of incorporating the issues throughout the entire enterprise and into all processes through procedures, awareness and responsibilities (overwhelmingly those with much experience).
Computer Stolen from Insurance Provider Has Personal Information About 1,200 Villanova University students and staff members
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006And yes…still another example of a laptop with clear text personally identifiable information (PII) being stolen.
Villanova University confirmed on 11/2 that a laptop with information about 1,200 of their students and staff members, along with other individuals not part of Villanova, was stolen from their auto insurer, Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs in September. Notifications went out to the involved individuals on October 26.
Broadcasting Company Laptop With Employee Personal Information Stolen
Friday, November 3rd, 2006The Boston Herald reported a laptop “holding Social Security numbers of current and former staffers was stolen out of Greater Media’s Philadelphia offices.”
Greater Media is offering credit monitoring to the impacted individuals “if staffers sign up by the end of the year.”
Another U.S. Veterans Affairs Computer Stolen: This One With Personal Information About 1,600 Vets
Friday, November 3rd, 2006Thursday, 11/2, the VA confirmed a computer containing data about 1,600 U.S. military veterans was stolen from their Manhatten hospital.
According to the report, it was stolen from “a locked room in a locked hallway at the VA hospital. The theft occurred Sept. 6, but VA officials sent out a letter to veterans only within the past two weeks. The personal data of about 1,600 people was on the computer’s hard drive. It was the third theft of personal data from a VA facility in less than a year.”
