Here’s a good article for all information security and privacy pros to read and show their business leaders. If nothing else show them the last paragraph:
Posts Tagged ‘IT compliance’
More Info Security & Privacy Education Will Reduce The Numbers Of Incidents
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Today Google Provides Another Path For Data Leakage
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Here’s one more thing for IT, Information Security and Privacy folks to put on their list of things to worry about…
Did You Know February 12 is “Safer Internet Day”?
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008I got a nice message from Brian Honan yesterday letting me know that February 12 is “Safer Internet Day,” or SID for short; (Thanks Brian!)
Encryption So Easy Even A Terrorist Can Use It
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008It seems all business leaders would understand by now, after literally thousands of privacy incidents in recent years, that they need to encrypt personally identifiable information (PII) stored on mobile computers and mobile storage devices, and when sending PII through networks.
Even the bad guys understand this.
FBI Plans to Catalog Everyone’s Physical Characteristics, and Bush Does Away With Privacy Oversight Board
Monday, February 4th, 2008Here’s something scary…
I just saw a new CNN report that made me go, “Huh?!”
“FBI wants palm prints, eye scans, tattoo mapping”
What Companies Do You Trust With Your Privacy?
Monday, February 4th, 2008For the past few years the Ponemon Institute has done surveys to determine the U.S. companies most trusted to protect privacy.
Don’t Let Your Folks Fall For This Scary Spam
Friday, February 1st, 2008Today I got a death threat email message. This particular type of spam is not really new, but because they will be very scary for most people to get, many recipients will fall for them.
The address header and text of the message reads:
A New Privacy/Security Breach Notice Law Soon In The Land Down Under?
Friday, February 1st, 2008Another country appears to be on the verge of passing a privacy breach notice law…
Blog Changes…More Papers, Less Daily Opinions
Thursday, January 31st, 2008When I started blogging a couple of years ago (actually in January 2006…just realized I passed my anniversary!), I would not only post daily to my blog, but I would also publish 3 – 4 research papers or white papers to this site each month. Last year I stopped doing that and spent more time providing more analysis and opinions within my daily blog postings.
Were You Taken Offline?
Thursday, January 31st, 2008Today, “Internet failure hits two continents”
Were you impacted? If you were, then you probably aren’t reading this right now… 🙂
