The Misfired Email!

I have always believed the best way to get a point across is by telling an anecdotal story about something I have experienced. In the past several weeks there have been numerous examples of confidential files being exposed due to human error when using email. A recent instance occurred in the UK at the Ministry of Justice. An employee sent a comprehensive spreadsheet that included names, addresses, sentence lengths, release dates, and some information...

I have always believed the best way to get a point across is by telling an anecdotal story about something I have experienced. In...

Most organizations use a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to protect intellectual property or other confidential business information. It’s common to require employees, contractors and business partners to sign an NDA so the company has some legal recourse if someone distributes or leaks any confidential business-related information. An NDA should provide security to a business that wants to prevent people from sharing its secrets with the world. Unfortunately most of us view it as a formality...

Most organizations use a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to protect intellectual property or other confidential business information. It’s common to require employees, contractors and business...

What if your confidential files could phone home every time they were accessed or if you had a complete audit trail of everything that was done with the file regardless of its location? Imagine if someone renamed the file or changed format and emailed it to someone that was not supposed to have it and you had the ability to kill the file and all of its derivatives! Believe it or not it’s possible....

What if your confidential files could phone home every time they were accessed or if you had a complete audit trail of everything that...

More organizations are taking data security very seriously as they realize they may not be as safe as they thought. Small and large organizations implement perimeter security systems, like firewalls, intrusion detection systems, data loss prevention and more. They try to lock down devices and the network. They put complex passwords on important systems and try to control viruses and malware. Unfortunately with all this security, data breaches still occur. Attackers steal payment information,...

More organizations are taking data security very seriously as they realize they may not be as safe as they thought. Small and large organizations...

It was only a matter of time before the demand for insurance to protect against loss from cyber attacks would surge. This insurance is not new, but with the rash of high profile data breaches, businesses realize they need protection. Insurance companies are selling a lot of cyber insurance policies to small, medium and large businesses. Experiencing a data breach is no longer a matter of “if” but “when”. According to Verizon’s 2013 Data...

It was only a matter of time before the demand for insurance to protect against loss from cyber attacks would surge. This insurance is...

Just when you thought it was safe to send emails and share documents, the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program hits the news and shatters a lot of our thoughts on privacy and data security. The story is raising a lot of questions as to what we can expect to keep private. The program itself was designed to enable the US government to gather information on terrorism and other threats to the United States. Under the...

Just when you thought it was safe to send emails and share documents, the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program hits the news and shatters a...

Many people believe that the US Constitution guarantees a right to privacy. While there is no inherent right in this document, many believe the Bill of Rights contains amendments that protect specific aspects of privacy, such as unreasonable searches. Legal scholars, attorneys and judges have argued and will continue to argue if people inherently have a right to privacy as codified in law. The continuing story on the NSA’s Prism program is raising a...

Many people believe that the US Constitution guarantees a right to privacy. While there is no inherent right in this document, many believe the...

Using the Internet to steal information has become a common occurrence for hackers, companies, criminal organizations and even governments. This behavior is nothing new. People have been spying and stealing secrets for most of recorded history, it’s only the techniques that change. The stakes are a lot higher today than in the past, since a successful hack can bring a company or even a government to its knees. Current data breach notification laws help...

Using the Internet to steal information has become a common occurrence for hackers, companies, criminal organizations and even governments. This behavior is nothing new....

If you rewind the clock back 50 years, the rich were those who had a big bankroll in their pocket. This was before most of us had credit cards. Debit cards were a nice idea and the concept of PayPal was a pipe dream. Fast forward to 2013 and we all know that money is still power, but getting your hands on sensitive data seems to be the way to riches. Of course stealing...

If you rewind the clock back 50 years, the rich were those who had a big bankroll in their pocket. This was before most...

A recent incident in the news illustrates a common problem with sensitive and confidential information. People can and do make mistakes when it comes to properly handling personally identifiable information (PII). According to news reports, insurance documents from 1996 and 1997 were accidentally placed into a Tooele County, Utah employee’s personnel file. The documents had names and Social Security numbers that were not his. The information had been misfiled a long time ago and...

A recent incident in the news illustrates a common problem with sensitive and confidential information. People can and do make mistakes when it comes...

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