Here’s another event related to compliance, information security and privacy to put on your calendar…
This is National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW) in the U.S.
Posts Tagged ‘awareness and training’
Did You Know This Was National Consumer Protection Week?
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008FREE Resource Overflowing With Great Info Sec & Privacy Articles Just Published
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Long time dear friends and colleagues of mine, Tom and Justin Peltier, just published their “2007 Year in Review.”
It is a great, FREE, resource to add to your information security, privacy and compliance files.
Here are the folks who contributed, along with the articles they wrote:
3rd HIPAA Criminal Indictment; Another Insider Job
Sunday, March 2nd, 2008Will Bad News Come in 3’s For Health Net?
Saturday, March 1st, 2008In the past several days Health Net made the news…in ways they would rather not have…
First this on 2/22:
Promoting Science and Technology
Thursday, February 28th, 2008I participate in the LinkedIn community, and I was intrigued this morning to find a question posted by Bill Gates (yes Microsoft Bill)!
“How can we do more to encourage young people to pursue careers in science and technology?”
Are You Taking The Panda Security Challenge?
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008I was very intrigued to get an email yesterday from a security software vendor announcing a contest daring information security practitioners to find a malware-free network and they’ll give you $10,000.
Here’s the text of the message:
New HIPAA Security Information on the CMS website
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008I just got a notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
New HIPAA Security Information on the CMS website
Great Information Security and Awareness Event Coming In April
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008There’s a great information security and privacy awareness event coming up, Internet Safety Night on April 23, 2008, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Have You Reviewed the FTC’s Proposed Privacy Principles Yet?
Monday, February 25th, 2008If you are responsible for information security or privacy at your organization, and your organization does marketing, here is something you need to know about and discuss with your marketing folks. I blogged about this in December.
Example privacy breach response plan
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Too few organizations are prepared to respond to a privacy breach when it happens. Too many naively believe a privacy breach will not happen to them.
It is helpful to look at existing privacy breach notice plans when creating your own. The U.S. government agencies actually provide some good plans you can use as examples.
