Posts Tagged ‘Iowa caucus’
Monday, January 7th, 2008
I’m still catching up on December news…and I ran across a significant e-discovery ruling. The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled December 13, 2007, that Justin Bunnell/www.TorrentSpy.com was guilty of “willful spoliation of evidence” violating the E-Discovery Rule in the suit Columbia Pictures, Inc. brought against them for copyright infringement.
Reading through the court records, it is really amazing how blatantly the defendent violated what seemed to be almost every e-discovery rule possible in this situation. They…
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Tags:awareness and training, Bunnell, Columbia Pictures, data retention, democrats, e-discovery, electronic discovery, Information Security, Iowa caucus, IT compliance, policies and procedures, privacy, regulatory compliance, republicans, risk management, security awareness, security training, Torrentspy
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
While doing some encryption research I ran across this Vermont ruling made on November 29, 2007.
It provides some good lessons about computer forensics and investigation and password management.
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Tags:5th Amendment, awareness and training, Boucher, computer forensics, democrats, encryption, Information Security, Iowa caucus, IT compliance, Niedermeier, password security, PGP, policies and procedures, privacy, republicans, risk management, security awareness, security training, Vermont
Posted in Laws & Regulations, Privacy and Compliance | 2 Comments »
Friday, January 4th, 2008
Well, after over a year of fervent campaigning by many presidential hopefuls, the Iowa caucuses are over! As I mentioned a couple of days ago I have never declared a party before, but this year I wanted to be part of the caucus experience. I wanted to participate and see first-hand what it was like and not just have some political pundits from the east or west coasts giving their inaccurate opinions of what really goes on.
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Tags:awareness and training, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, democrats, Hillary Clinton, Information Security, Iowa caucus, IT compliance, John Edwards, policies and procedures, privacy, republicans, risk management, security awareness, security training, wired, YouTube
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
I am happy to live in Iowa. I’ve enjoyed getting to see the presidential hopefuls in the state for the past 1+ years. I always vote during presidential elections, but I’ve never yet declared a party; I really don’t want to be listed in who knows how many places under such a label. However, this year I would really like to participate in the Iowa caucus.
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Tags:awareness and training, CNN, democrats, Howard Dean, Information Security, Iowa caucus, IT compliance, policies and procedures, privacy, republicans, risk management, security awareness, security training, YouTube
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