Much is written about the risks P2P presents to organizations, but many organizations continue to implement P2P technologies, or more accurately allow their personnel to implement them on computers used for business, because they are willing to risk that the threat theories will not materialize within their own organizations.
Posts Tagged ‘encryption’
ABN Amro PII Breached Through P2P: Lessons Learned
Monday, October 1st, 2007A Military Grade Encrypting Self-Destructing USB Drive Makes A Great Gift!
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007This morning I was doing some of my Christmas gift shopping…yes, I like to get mine done early! 🙂 Any way, I’m thinking about getting an Ironkey encrypted USB drive for some of my relatives who are in dire need of protecting their information better.
Privacy Poll Closing *SUNDAY*…Please Click a Button!
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Thanks to those of you who have taken the privacy poll on the right-hand side of this page! If you haven’t yet…please, pretty please, do! I had planned for this to close on Friday, but now it will close on Sunday. I’ll post a new poll weekly to run from Monday through Sunday, and each week afterwards.
Do You Think Privacy Is Really Dead?
Saturday, July 28th, 2007I occasionally post to the Cutter Consortium blog, and the recent topics there have involved privacy.
Retail Locations Have Unique Challenges With PCI DSS Compliance
Friday, July 27th, 2007I’ve been intrigued lately with PCI DSS compliance. It has all retailers on edge, has multiple vendors drooling, and has spawned new laws and bills, such as in Minnesota and Texas. I’ve had interesting discussions about it with those who process credit card payments, and I’ve been doing some research into the various issues.
PCI DSS and Identity Theft
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Over the past month or so I’ve been discussing the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS) with some of my information assurance practitioner friends and colleagues and what they’ve been doing to meet the requirements and accompanying challenges. I was thinking about some of the issues over the weekend.
Improve Security to Make the Planet Greener
Monday, July 9th, 2007This weekend there was a lot of attention on the environmental crisis facing the planet. There was the Live Earth concert on 07/07/07. Tonight the news was filled with more talk of new laws and initiatives, such as banning bottled water in restaurants in some of the states.
Insider Threat Example: Engineer Leaks U.S. Military Secrets
Friday, May 11th, 2007There has been a lot of talk and blogging recently about whether or not there is a need for an information security industry/profession. Um sure, and there is no need for the physical security industry/profession either, is there?
As long as humans touch information in any way, electronically or physically, information security will be needed to provide them with policies, procedures, standards, guidance, training, ongoing awareness, and responding to and fixing the security messes and privacy breaches they cause.
Don’t Be A Security Slacker
Sunday, March 25th, 2007Today I woke up to a beautiful, gorgeous spring morning…sunny, low 60’s (abnormally high for March), gentle breeze, the grass seemed to have gotten green over night, the birds are singing, the geese and ducks have come back after being gone for the winter and are swimming on our pond, a cute little chipmunk is eating from the birdseed and nuts I scattered on the patio outside my office door, what a great day! And then, after a nice walk outside, I come back inside, first to do some chores along with my family; my sons doing their assigned cleaning.
Vulnerabilities of Transport Services & Privacy Incident Example: Wellpoint CD Containing PII of 75,000 People, Lost During UPS Transport, Found
Friday, March 16th, 2007A CD containing the clear text personal information of 75,000 WellPoint Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield New York members that was reported lost on February 9 while being transported by UPS has been found.
The CD was lost when one of Wellpoint’s outsourced vendors, Health Data Management Solutions, sent the CD via UPS to Magellan Behavioral Health Services.
