This weekend there was a lot of attention on the environmental crisis facing the planet. There was the Live Earth concert on 07/07/07. Tonight the news was filled with more talk of new laws and initiatives, such as banning bottled water in restaurants in some of the states.
Posts Tagged ‘IT compliance’
Improve Security to Make the Planet Greener
Monday, July 9th, 2007Having Backup Services Is Invaluable
Friday, July 6th, 2007I love my dialup! Yes, I mean dialup Internet connection. I’ve been on a broadband wireless connection via a satellite on my roof for a little over a year, but I kept my dialup account just in case I ever needed a backup. Today I needed a backup.
Trademarks, Virtual Reality Sites, and Creating a Very Aware Next Generation of Information Assurance Leaders
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007I’ve been working in my home office for around 7 1/2 years, being able to do most of my project work from home, which I’m thankful for. During that time my now 10-year-old and 7-year-old (he’ll remind you he turns 8 next month) sons have been around me quite a bit as I do my work. So I discuss a lot of what I do with them, they ask a lot of questions, and they soak a whole lot more into their brains than I realize. Especially over summer when they are at home with me virtually all day every day.
5 Security Lessons from Non-Compliance with UK Data Protection Law
Monday, July 2nd, 2007I speak with many organizations who have customers throughout the world, often via their ecommerce websites, and an alarmingly large number of these organizations are completely unaware of the data protection laws they must follow in the countries where their customers are from. When the privacy commissioners from these other countries discover the organizations not following the laws, the organizations can have substantial financial impact on their businesses from not only fines, but typically more significantly from bad press, and orders to discontinue business within the country until they have their business activities, policies and processes in compliance with the requirements.
RAM Is Subject To E-Discovery Under Recent Ruling: Talk With Your Legal Counsel About The IT Issues
Friday, June 29th, 2007Late last year I blogged about the new E-Discovery Rule that took effect on December 1, 2006.
I wrote “The Business Leader Data Retention and E-Discovery Primer” discussing the issues, and I also wrote an article discussing the e-discovery issues for which IT must be involved, “E-Discovery Quagmires.”
Surveillance and Managing Information With So Many Ways To Capture It
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Over the weekend a news story appeared in Australia that I’m sure is occurring in MANY other organizations, far beyond just schools; “Teachers being secretly filmed by students”
“Over 1 Million Computer Victims” Can Lead To Some Interesting, Awareness-Raising, Discussions
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Here’s a great conversation starter for a nice chat with your business leaders, “The FBI has found over 1 million computers are controlled by criminal botnets.”
Be prepared to answer some follow-up questions from your business leaders after telling them this, such as…
