Posts Tagged ‘hack’

Improve Information Security and Privacy Now!

Monday, December 22nd, 2014

Too many businesses have poor information security controls in place (e.g,. demonstrably Sony, Staples, and a seemingly infinite number of other companies) and are basically giving their intellectual property, and the personal information they are responsible for, away.

A recent Sailpoint survey reveals that: (more…)

Strong security controls are necessary for more than just preventing hack attempts

Tuesday, February 25th, 2014

Recently I’ve heard in various discussion venues the argument that information security controls are an impediment to technology use, and that instead we should look at demotivating the hackers. With specific regard to medical devices, one commenter stated that generally, the best “bet in defending medical devices (as well as financial systems) is making the information useless/pointless for the attackers.”  This is a dangerous attitude, and minimizes the true value of data on the devices.

Considering data on any type of computing device is considered (more…)