Only 10 more days until my 2-day seminar, “Handling Complex and Difficult Privacy and Information Security Issues” in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 9th and 10th (Saturday and Sunday)!
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Handling Complex and Difficult Privacy and Information Security Issues
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Outsourced Company’s Unsecure Application Makes U.K. Passport Applicant PII Available to Everyone On the Internet
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007Insider Threat Example: Leaked Clinton Memo Provides At Least 5 Good Security Lessons
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007Mid-last week it was widely reported, probably more so in the national news than here in Iowa, that one of Hillary Clinton’s top campaign folks had written a memo to her urging her to skip Iowa and focus on other states. This leaked memo was the grist of much discussion on the political talk shows over the weekend.
A Twist Within a New State Breach Notice Law: Maryland’s Also Requires Information Security Safeguards
Monday, May 28th, 2007Here’s something that you don’t see in other states…
On May 17, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed into law two identical bills, one from the House and one from the Senate, that require businesses to notify state residents if their unencrypted or unredacted personal information, whether in electronic or paper form, is breached. In addition to mandating breach notification, the new law contains data security and data destruction requirements for companies doing business in the state.
More Reason to Strengthen Information Security: New MN Law Restricts How Long Merchants Can Retain Purchase Information
Monday, May 28th, 2007To date we have at least 37 U.S. states that have enacted breach notice laws, (Maryland’s new breach notice law was signed May 17th), but these address how to react AFTER personally identifiable information (PII) has been compromised. Multiple federal-level bills proposed but none yet passed.
Insider Threat Example: Ex-Coca-Cola Employees Sentenced to Prison For Trying To Sell Trade Secrets To Pepsi
Thursday, May 24th, 2007An article broke yesterday that closely mirrors one of the discussion topics within the Human Factors seminar that I teach for the Norwich University MSIA program.
Many New U.S. State and Federal Privacy Bills Introduced, and Some New State Data Protection Laws Signed
Monday, May 21st, 2007Boy oh boy, do we ever need a comprehensive federal data protection law in the U.S.! Each week more and more state level laws are introduced, many of them passed, all dealing with different aspects of data protection, and all impacting and complicating an information security and privacy professional’s responsibilities.
This past week was a busy one with a flurry of new and updated bills related to protecting privacy introduced, and a few new state laws.
The Need to Build Security In: Poor Implementation of Indianapolis Public Schools Website Allows Viewing of PII For 7000+ Students and Teachers
Friday, May 18th, 2007Today Monsters and Critics reported, “Indianapolis Public Schools exposes thousands to risk of identity theft.”
Apparently the Indianapolis Public Schools (IPS) website “that allows teachers to post reviews, student-writing samples, grades, and other confidential material to the IPS network” was implemented and configured without much attention to security.
Does Using “Certified” Software Products Improve Compliance?
Thursday, May 17th, 2007It seems the term “certified” is being used more and more…for professionals, hardware, software, you name it.
You see software vendors touting that their products have been certified and that they will help companies meet “compliance,” but I have found very little research into what this really means, or if it means anything at all.
Information Security and Privacy Professionals Must Partner on Over 15…no wait…Over 20 Different Enterprise Issues
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007Not too long ago I blogged about the need for information security and privacy professionals to work together to address safeguarding sensitive and personally identifiable information (PII). Within it I talked about how a workshop Chris Grillo and I created and give, “Handling Complex and Difficult Privacy and Information Security Issues,” discusses over 15 common issues that these professionals need to partner on.
