On August 21, 2007, there was a significant court decision made possibly impacting future Sarbanes-Oxley Act decisions in “CENTRAL LABORERS‚Äô PENSION FUND v.INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL SERVICES INC; HERBERT ALLEN; WILLIAM W REYNOLDS; JEFFREY PUGH”

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I’ve talked several times about some of the risks of using the social networking sites, such as here and here.
Here is an example of how others can post information about you on these sites that will continue to haunt you for years to come.

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And another very interesting USA Today article, “Japan will research Net replacement.”

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A very interesting article in USA Today caught my eye, “Beijing police will patrol Web virtually”

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I like to run. I try to run almost every day from 3.5 – 6 miles. It stimulates my thinking, refreshes my mind and body, and I truly have the best ideas and thoughts while I’m running. I could not have written my books, chapters and articles if it were not for running.

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Well, if you look at the results of my very unscientific poll from last week, it appears there is a very wide range of opinions about the use of social networking sites at work.

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I just saw on CNN that U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales just resigned today.

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I’ve talked several times on this blog about my sons, and how they’ve really resonated with the information security and privacy discussions and information I’ve given them. They notice privacy risks and security problems when we’re out in stores or traveling. They point out problems on the Internet. They won’t let me watch their fingers when they enter their passwords on their membership sites so I won’t discover their passwords…even though they know my parent account has access to change them. 🙂

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on 8/22/2007 a very interesting and useful report was released by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), “Information security awareness initiatives: Current practice and the measurement of success.”

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I’m surprised by how different the opinions are for this week’s poll about using social networking sites at work!
If you haven’t clicked a poll button for it yet (see right side of screen and scroll down a little), please do so. It will be interesting to see if the opinions stay so widely scattered by the end of Sunday.