Protection In The Cloud Is Like Your Own Datacenter

There has been a lot of press and concern over the last few years about moving corporate data to the cloud and maintaining security. A recent article by CIO discusses a variety of things to look for and ways to address some of the concerns. Some organizations stay away from public cloud technologies altogether because they assume nothing is safe. They use virtualization and automatic provisioning internally, so they have trust of the technology inside...

There has been a lot of press and concern over the last few years about moving corporate data to the cloud and maintaining security....

US federal privacy laws don’t adequately protect sensitive information and need updating to keep pace with technology, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Recently congressional hearings were held to help Congress understand the inadequacies of current federal legislation around privacy and security of personal information held by the government. Federal agency collection or use of personal information is governed primarily by two laws: the Privacy Act of 1974 and the privacy provisions of...

US federal privacy laws don’t adequately protect sensitive information and need updating to keep pace with technology, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). ...

The days of sitting in your office and working on a desktop computer are long gone. The laptop has become the computing tool of choice for most people, but now smartphones and tablets are augmenting or replacing it as business is done from anywhere, at anytime. Mobile devices and cloud computing are fueling our ability to get work done wherever we are. There is freedom in sharing documents across your many devices by tapping...

The days of sitting in your office and working on a desktop computer are long gone. The laptop has become the computing tool of...

It seems that experiencing a data breach is no longer a matter of “if” but “when”. According to the US Government Accountability Office, there were about 13,000 federal data breach incidents in 2010. In 2011, it rose to 15,500 — an increase of 19 percent. The amount of personal information compromised through data breaches was on the rise in 2011. According to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, about 30 million records were compromised in 2011...

It seems that experiencing a data breach is no longer a matter of “if” but “when”. According to the US Government Accountability Office, there...

Most of us want to save money and the environment. Many organizations are looking at more sustainable ways of doing business and thinking about reducing your printing and paper consumption is a great place to start. Going green is a corporate goal for many organizations and is not only good for the planet, but good for the bottom line. But you can take it too far with potentially dangerous consequences. If you look next...

Most of us want to save money and the environment. Many organizations are looking at more sustainable ways of doing business and thinking about...

What is the most important thing to your company? Is it your employees? Is it your customers? Or is it your intellectual property (IP)? The thing that differentiates one company from another is a product, a service or the way you do things. If you are Coca Cola, it’s the secret formula for Coke. If you are Avis, it’s your service. If you’re Google, it’s your search algorithms. All of these are the IP...

What is the most important thing to your company? Is it your employees? Is it your customers? Or is it your intellectual property (IP)?...

A lot of us worry about confidential information leaking out to competitors, bloggers, news organizations or the general public. Some go to extraordinary lengths to lock down everything, but that can prevent legitimate business. Others take the time to determine what is sensitive and do their best to prevent malicious disclosure. If you work in a department that has to legitimately use someone’s social security number, you can put technology in place to prevent...

A lot of us worry about confidential information leaking out to competitors, bloggers, news organizations or the general public. Some go to extraordinary lengths...

I just finished reading an article in the June 11, 2012 issue of Information Week titled, “Flame Give Spyware A Next-Gen Update” by Kelly Jackson Higgins. If you haven’t been keeping up on the latest threats to your personal information “Flame” is the most recently discovered malware that has attacked PCs and infrastructure in the Middle East. Actually “Flame” was the predecessor to “Stuxnet” and has been hiding in plain sight for several years....

I just finished reading an article in the June 11, 2012 issue of Information Week titled, “Flame Give Spyware A Next-Gen Update” by Kelly...

This sounds like a line from an old English novel or movie, but refers to a major data breach at the Vatican. The Pope’s butler, Paolo Gabriele, has been arrested by Vatican police on suspicion of stealing confidential documents from the Pope. The scandal has rocked the very secretive world of the Vatican and brought to light numerous intrigues, infighting and general power grabbing. Vatican and Italian police believe the butler is just the...

This sounds like a line from an old English novel or movie, but refers to a major data breach at the Vatican. The Pope’s...

This past weekend, I had to accompany a relative to the emergency room of my local hospital. She had been feeling poorly and the doctor on call (hers was off for the weekend) suggested she needed to get checked out and get a blood test. When we arrived, the check-in area had her complete some forms and entered her into the system. She has been to the hospital before, so her medical and insurance...

This past weekend, I had to accompany a relative to the emergency room of my local hospital. She had been feeling poorly and the...

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