Posts Tagged ‘security awareness’

There Are 47 US State & Territory Breach Notice Laws: 1-Page Listing

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Over the weekend I did some research to make sure I am up to date with all the current U.S. state and U.S. territories breach notice laws…

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Avoid Information Overload In Your Information Security & Privacy Training!

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

I’ve been reviewing some “canned” information security and privacy training offerings in the past few months, and I’m seeing that many of them are trying to dump TOO MUCH information on those taking them; learners can only absorb so much information within a short period of time and retain it for any significant amount of time!

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Cautionary Tales for Tweeting About Work

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

I’ve been using Twitter now (http://www.twitter.com/privacyprof) for three going on four weeks. I’ve found it to be a very great way to be in touch with the latest news and happenings, and also to get in touch with other folks who care about and want to discuss the same types of topics as I do. I also see using Twitter within business organizations as a very good awareness raising tool. More on that in another post. But for now I want to discuss some of the potential personal hazards of tweeting…

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Think and Look Before You Send that Quick Message!

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Every month, and sometimes weekly, I see a privacy breach that is a result of a messaging mistake. People need to be more careful about all the types of electronic messages they are sending and not so quick to hit that send button!
Here is the fourth, and final, part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…

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Think and Look Before You Send that Quick Message!

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Every month, and sometimes weekly, I see a privacy breach that is a result of a messaging mistake. People need to be more careful about all the types of electronic messages they are sending and not so quick to hit that send button!
Here is the fourth, and final, part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…

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Let Your Personnel Know Their Messaging Boundaries

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Here is the third part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…

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Sending Clear Text Customer Information Is Not Okay Just Because the Customer Says It’s “Okay”

Monday, June 9th, 2008

As a follow-up to my blog post from last Friday, here is the second part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…

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Sending Clear Text Customer Information Is Not Okay Just Because the Customer Says It’s “Okay”

Monday, June 9th, 2008

As a follow-up to my blog post from last Friday, here is the second part of the first article within the June issue of my “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy“…

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Something To Tell Your Personnel: Messaging Includes More Than Email

Friday, June 6th, 2008

My June issue of “IT Compliance in Realtime” journal is hot off the press!
I’ve heard from some of you that when I post the articles from my journal that the posts are too long. So, what I will do from now on is to break up the articles into smaller postings to make them easier, and faster, to read.
Here is the first part of the first article within the June journal, “What to Tell Personnel: Messaging Security and Privacy”…

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HIPAA Humor: Dumb Robber

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

Here’s a story that gave me a bit of a chuckle, “Note leads police to robbery arrest“…

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