Posts Tagged ‘Information Security’

Business Info Fact Of The Day: Employees In Most Organizations Are Twittering

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

There were over 1.2 million Twitter users in December and the numbers of users are growing exponentially.

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Twitter Accounts Hacked; Including Barack Obama’s and Britney Spear’s

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

Yesterday Twitter reported here and here that several (33 to be exact) Twitter accounts were hacked into. This is in addition to the current, but separate, Twitter phishing…otherwise known as “twishing“…exploit that is simulatenously going on.

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Audit’s Role in Privacy Breach Response

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Next week, on Wednesday, January 14, I will be in Minneapolis, MN speaking at the Minneapolis Gateway Hotel for the ISACA Winter Quarterly Meeting/Social.
My topic will be, “Internal Audit’s Role in Responding to Privacy Breaches.”
Here’s a synopsis…

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Business Info Fact Of The Day: Data Multiplies Faster Than Cockroaches And Some Bacteria!

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Is it any wonder organizations have a hard time protecting their data, let alone knowing where it all is?

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Surveillance: Iowa Support’s Wife’s Privacy Invasion Claim

Sunday, January 4th, 2009

Privacy-related news in Iowa…and there seems to be a lot of it sometimes…is always of special interest to me. I often wonder how the same types of situations would play out in other states. Here’s an invasion of privacy case regarding in-home surveillance that is particularly interesting…

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CORRECTION: Massachusetts Data Protection Law Takes Effect May 1, 2009

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

A big thank you to Brandon Dunlap and Brett Myers for catching an error I made in my January 1 post

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New Data Protection Laws Go Into Effect Today

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Happy New Year!
Several news laws go into effect today. Here are just a few of them…

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Using Speeding Surveillance To Get Your Enemies In Trouble

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Well, you knew this type of abuse would happen sooner or later…

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HIPAA Violation: Medical Clinic Leaves Box With PHI On Public Dumpster

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

This summer I had planned to do a dumpster-diving project with my sons, but then the Iowa floods postponed those plans. However, after reading the following I’m motivated to plan to do this in the spring after basketball and G&T activities are finished for the winter…

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Insider Threat Example: 19,000 Pieces Of Computer Equipment Stolen; Why Didn’t Someone Notice?

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Okay, this story begs the question, why didn’t someone at the Naval Research Laboratory notice disappearing equipment…?

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