It 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.
Posts Tagged ‘security awareness’
Encryption So Easy Even A Terrorist Can Use It
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008FBI 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… 🙂
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… 🙂
A Stolen Health Insurer’s Laptop With PII Is Not Necessarily A HIPAA Violation
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008While scanning the news blurb summaries today, the statement, “This is a violation of HIPAA.” caught my eye. Hmm…let’s see what this is about…
This statement was actually within the reader comments to the story, “Blue Cross reports theft of computer.”
A Stolen Health Insurer’s Laptop With PII Is Not Necessarily A HIPAA Violation
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008While scanning the news blurb summaries today, the statement, “This is a violation of HIPAA.” caught my eye. Hmm…let’s see what this is about…
This statement was actually within the reader comments to the story, “Blue Cross reports theft of computer.”
