Something that I want to know about the U.S. presidential candidates, along with all their views and plans for the economy, education, healthcare, defense and so on, is what their plans are for information security and privacy protections. The past 8 years certainly has been a mixed bag of impacts for privacy and information safeguards.
Posts Tagged ‘John McCain’
Obama’s and McCain’s Data Protection Plans
Monday, October 27th, 2008Tags:awareness and training, Barack Obama, Information Security, IT compliance, IT training, John McCain, policies and procedures, privacy training, risk management, security training
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Passport Breach: Poor Security Practices Lead To Privacy Breaches
Sunday, March 23rd, 2008The breach of the presidential candidates’ passport files were widely reported over the past few days, such as here and here, not to mention the many postings referencing it as “passport-gate” throughout the blogosphere and the political implications. However, based upon what I’ve been reading it looks more like the result of a poor, inadequate and vulnerable information security program.
There are many information security and privacy issues involved with this incident. It would make a great case study to use at a joint meeting with your information security, privacy and compliance folks. Some of the questions to include in your discussion could include…
Tags:Analysis Corp, applications security, awareness and training, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Information Security, IT compliance, John McCain, passport-gate, policies and procedures, privacy breach, risk management, security awareness, security training, Stanley Inc
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Compliance and Information Security: Common Sense Confirmed
Thursday, July 26th, 2007So many times I’ve heard business leaders complain that the data protection requirements within the multiple laws and regulations only hurt business; that they are not necessary and have no true impact on really protecting data…they are just bureaucratic hoops forced upon businesses to placate the politicians’ constituents by lawmakers who know nothing about the nuts and bolts of implementing information security…and that the cost of compliance is only hurts the business’ bottom line.
Hmm…
Tags:awareness and training, Barack Obama, data loss, Hillary Clinton, Information Security, Iowa State Fair, IT compliance, Jim Hurley, John Edwards, John McCain, Mitt Romney, policies and procedures, privacy, privacy breach, regulatory compliance, risk management, Rudy Giuliani, security benchmark
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