More Creative Ways To Be Paranoid About Your Paper Documents

Just when you’ve thought you’ve heard it all we read about the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade confetti containing confidential information from the Nassau County Police Department. Not only did the confetti contain social security numbers and arrest records but partial information on President Obama’s and Mitt Romney’s recent motorcade through Manhattan. Such a lack of control of confidential paper documents should not shock anyone these days. Case in point is an article published in...

Just when you’ve thought you’ve heard it all we read about the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade confetti containing confidential information from the Nassau County...

For those of you who prefer clicking for bargains rather than standing in line and fighting the crowds on Black Friday, this is for you. Thanksgiving is probably a happy memory and a few football games are lingering in your mind, but now it’s time to turn your attention to holiday shopping. Today is Cyber Monday and I think it’s a little easier on the feet and constitution than Black Friday. I would rather...

For those of you who prefer clicking for bargains rather than standing in line and fighting the crowds on Black Friday, this is for...

We write frequently on this blog about the risk of loss of confidential information from internal trusted sources. The loss of sensitive information can be due to individuals wishing to do harm to an organization, for financial gain or because of “carelessness”. Nothing could illustrate this better than what is playing out this week in Washington D.C. with General Petraeus at the CIA. If anyone should have known about the impact of divulging confidential...

We write frequently on this blog about the risk of loss of confidential information from internal trusted sources. The loss of sensitive information can...

According to recent research by Gartner, people around the world will buy about 1.2 billion smartphones and tablets in 2013. That will account for around 70% of all devices sold. This accounts for businesses and all of us using personal smart devices in our daily lives. Just to give you an idea of how ubiquitous this is becoming, this morning I was at my local garage getting my car inspected and a very elderly...

According to recent research by Gartner, people around the world will buy about 1.2 billion smartphones and tablets in 2013. That will account for...

I was recently talking to a customer about preparing drug submissions for approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The process is governed by Title 21 CFR Part 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations that deals with guidelines on electronic records and signatures. Part 11 or 21CFR11, as it is sometimes called, defines criteria to determine if electronic records and signatures are trustworthy and reliable. The customer’s concern was making sure...

I was recently talking to a customer about preparing drug submissions for approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The process is...

Do you ever wonder what would happen if a confidential document got into the wrong hands? Yesterday a mistake in delivering a document became a $26 billion problem for Google. R.R. Donnelley accidentally disclosed Google’s quarterly financial statements earlier than the company had intended. It caused Google’s stock price to drop 10% cutting $26 billion from its market capitalization. Donnelley is best known as a provider of printing services, but it’s also the top...

Do you ever wonder what would happen if a confidential document got into the wrong hands? Yesterday a mistake in delivering a document became...

Property comes in in two forms: tangible and intangible. Most of us understand that tangible property is something real and physical, like a car or a computer. Intangible property describes something you can own and can transfer that ownership to another person or corporation, but has no physical substance. An example is a copyright. Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized in law. Under IP law,...

Property comes in in two forms: tangible and intangible. Most of us understand that tangible property is something real and physical, like a car...

We are more connected to people around the world than ever before. Many of us depend on the Internet in our daily lives, from shopping at home, to paying bills, banking on our mobile devices to sharing information with friends and business partners across the globe. Our growing reliance on technology reminds us that our digital infrastructure is not just a convenience, but a necessity. Can you imagine your life without the Internet? The...

We are more connected to people around the world than ever before. Many of us depend on the Internet in our daily lives, from...

There is a small revolution going on in the printer world. It’s not the traditional world of putting ink or toner onto a piece of paper, but the ability to create a three-dimensional object. We’ve seen replicators in science fiction stories for decades, but now science fact has almost caught up to fiction. 3D printers work like an ink printer. Rather than using ink, they typically use a type of polymer. They spray a...

There is a small revolution going on in the printer world. It’s not the traditional world of putting ink or toner onto a piece...

Many organizations are thinking about document security and how to classify their documents. If you work in a government office, you might have categories like Classified and Top Secret for both paper and electronic documents. If you provide products and services to government or military customers, you may categorize your internal documents with similar designations. Some organizations think about document classification the way they think about access control to computer systems and files. If...

Many organizations are thinking about document security and how to classify their documents. If you work in a government office, you might have categories...

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