New FERPA Regulations were issued yesterday…
Posts Tagged ‘Information Security’
New Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Regulations
Thursday, December 11th, 2008New Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Regulations
Thursday, December 11th, 2008New FERPA Regulations were issued yesterday…
Domain Name Hell…Deja Vu All Over Again!
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Last night I thought it odd that I did not receive any email messages after around 8pm. And this morning, it was V E R Y odd that I did not have the usual bunch of overnight spam in my inbox…
What’s up with this?
Insider Threats Even More Significant During Down Economy
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008I’ve written a lot about the insider threat, and the many different motivations for insiders to do malicious things (in addition to the other two types of insider threats of mistakes and lack of awareness).
Here are a couple of recently published research reports that shows how this horrible economy is impacting information security and making organizations even more vulnerable to privacy breaches…
Recommendations To President Elect Obama For How To Improve Cybersecurity
Monday, December 8th, 2008Today the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency released a report, “Securing Cyberspace for the 44th President,” that includes recommendations for a comprehensive strategy to improve cybersecurity in federal systems and in critical infrastructure.
2008 Best Privacy Advisers Survey
Sunday, December 7th, 2008Last night when I got the following news, it really made my day! 🙂
Study Highlights Too-Common Problem: Boards And Executives Do Not Understand Info Sec & Privacy Risk
Friday, December 5th, 2008My long-time friend, Richard Power, recently published an article in CSO magazine about a recent study he and Jody Westby did at Carnegie-Mellon in his Cylab center…
HIPAA Violation: Healthcare Worker Writes About Patients On MySpace
Thursday, December 4th, 2008What was this worker for a healthcare provider thinking…didn’t/doesn’t the provider provide any kind of information security or privacy training or awareness communications…?
25% Of Workers Ignore Internet Use Policies
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008A couple of days ago Asylum reported…
An SMB PCI DSS Learning Opportunity
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008{Wow…love a chance to use 3 initializations in a row… 🙂 }
Over the past week I have been getting my holiday shopping done, almost entirely all online. I love to find unique stores, often small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) with interesting items, and I found one small store in Florida that makes some great, creative photo items at a reasonable price. Their online site was a little hard to navigate, though, so I spent a little time doing a bit of research about the store. They have been around since the 1980’s, and I could find no complaints about them. Their order form encrypted the input, but it was hard to figure out how to fill it in; I couldn’t get more than one photo uploaded to order more than one ornament, coffee mug, etc., at one time…