I thought it was pretty silly to read over the past few weeks that President Obama was being pressured to give up his Blackberry because of security reasons. If information security controls are properly implemented, then there is no reason that the president of the U.S., or any other person for that matter, should not use a smartphone!
I was happy to see the following article published by CNN…
Posts Tagged ‘Information Security’
Business Info Fact Of The Day: 70% Of Top 100 Websites Link To Malicious Software
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009For those of you whose business leaders do not think website filters, IDS systems or other types of security technologies are necessary business investments, show them this article…
New Guidelines for Safeguarding Personal Data
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009Happy U.S. presidential inauguration day! 🙂 Did you take off a few minutes of work to watch the inauguration? I wasn’t going to, was planning to just catch videos on the news sites or YouTube later, but then I did, and I’m glad; it was so historical and memorable!
To celebrate, how about I tell you that NIST just made a great new document available…
Business Info Fact Of The Day: Most Personnel Do Not Protect Laptop Information
Monday, January 19th, 2009The Ponemon Institute seems to have been busy doing surveys throughout the world recently!
According to three separate research surveys they did in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. they report within the BNA Privacy and Security Law Reports (subscription required) about “The Human Factor in Laptop Encryption” many interesting findings. The following are some of the high-level summary statements; see the full reports for some very interesting statistics and analysis:
Low-Tech Humor That Is SO True!
Sunday, January 18th, 2009I got a kick out of the MSNBC article, “Eight bad tech habits to quit in the new year: These tired and tacky technology-based behaviors have got to go”
While described with humor, most hit to the heart of truth. Here is a list of the eight bad habits; you can see the full descriptions in the article…
Business Info Fact Of The Day: Smart Business Leaders Encrypt PII
Friday, January 16th, 2009If you are a business leader you must know and understand that encrypting personally identifiable information (PII) protects that PII from being used for identity theft and other crimes should it fall into the hands of a crook. Business leaders need to know this, but unfortunately too many do not really know what encryption is, let alone how it can be used to protect PII, along with the business.
Business Info Fact Of The Day: Financial Companies Need To Improve Security
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009The latest PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) information information security results show that financial companies are still not doing enough for information security and privacy. Here are a few of the findings:
Business Info Fact Of The Day: PII Sent Through The Mail Is Often Stolen Or Lost
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Over the years I have heard many times by my various government friends, even following too many mis-deliveries and lost packages to enumerate here, that packages and letters sent via the US postal service, and even through other delivery organizations such as UPS, FedEx and DHL, are considered as “secure” and that delivery is expected to be “guaranteed” or a “sure thing.” One time a couple of years ago an IRS employee told me curtly, “If we mailed it to you through the USPS then we can legally assume you received it.”
NOT!
Business Info Fact Of The Day: Banks In Maine Spent $2.1 Million Responding To Breaches In 2007 & 2008
Monday, January 12th, 2009Maine’s Bureau of Financial Institutions, a division of the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, conducted the survey at the direction of the state legislature that revealed the costs of Maine’s banks and credit unions when responding to breaches…
