A few weeks ago I was at a meeting for a professional organization I belong to, giving a talk about privacy breach response, and the audience was great; around 40 in attendance, all visibly listening and interested and participating. I love to look and see everyone’s faces as I am talking; seeing if they are confused, in agreement, or otherwise are reacting to the ideas and recommendations I am talking about.
I was around 20 minutes into my talk when someone’s cell phone started ringing…playing a John Phillip Sousa march. LOUDLY. I kept talking, and everyone was still listening…trying to listen…but the darn phone kept playing! People then started looking around…and finally I stopped and said, “Does someone need to get that?” One of the folks then reached down and answered it; and then left the room. Quite an unnecessary interruption.
Posts Tagged ‘text messages’
Going Topless…I Like It!
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008Tags:ABC World News, awareness and training, communication, Dogster, email, Information Security, instant messaging, IT compliance, meetings, policies and procedures, risk management, security awareness, security training, text messages, topless meetings, twitter
Posted in Training & awareness | 2 Comments »
Cell Phone Text Messages Are Private…NOT!
Monday, January 28th, 2008Uh oh…talk about a couple of folks who were caught with their hand in the cookie jar (so to speak)…and caught lying under oath.
CNN recently ran a story about how Christine Beatty resigned from her position as chief of staff for Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick after a large amount of explicit Blackberry text messages, “tens of thousands” were discovered from 2003 and 2004.
Tags:awareness and training, cell phone, Christine Beatty, Information Security, IT compliance, Kwame Kilpatrick, messaging security, policies and procedures, privacy, privacy policy, risk management, security awareness, security training, text messages
Posted in Privacy and Compliance | 1 Comment »
Cell Phone Text Messages Are Private…NOT!
Monday, January 28th, 2008Uh oh…talk about a couple of folks who were caught with their hand in the cookie jar (so to speak)…and caught lying under oath.
CNN recently ran a story about how Christine Beatty resigned from her position as chief of staff for Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick after a large amount of explicit Blackberry text messages, “tens of thousands” were discovered from 2003 and 2004.
Tags:awareness and training, cell phone, Christine Beatty, Information Security, IT compliance, Kwame Kilpatrick, messaging security, policies and procedures, privacy, privacy policy, risk management, security awareness, security training, text messages
Posted in Privacy and Compliance | 2 Comments »
