It’s the Eleventh Hour… When Are You Going to Secure Your Files?

I was speaking to a senior executive at a large organization recently and he made a comment that I thought was very timely. He said “we can no longer take the risk of having our most important information in a state that allows someone to intentionally or unintentionally expose it to the wrong people. The time for analyzing options is over. We have to do something now!” Companies have invested millions protecting their data...

I was speaking to a senior executive at a large organization recently and he made a comment that I thought was very timely. He...

Living in the northeast United States for my entire life has taught me some valuable lessons on being prepared for the ever-changing weather conditions. Mother Nature can be very unforgiving and if you let your guard down you generally find out at the worst possible time that you have a problem – like in the middle of a snowstorm! Thinking ahead and anticipating where the trouble will come from is important if you want...

Living in the northeast United States for my entire life has taught me some valuable lessons on being prepared for the ever-changing weather conditions. ...

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...

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...

With the recent revelations that Chinese hackers infiltrated both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, I thought it was time to look into password security again. The hackers were monitoring the newspaper’s China coverage and wanted to know what reporters were involved. The hackers were after employee passwords so they could access email accounts and other resources. Both organizations claimed they only accessed emails and there was no further damage, but...

With the recent revelations that Chinese hackers infiltrated both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, I thought it was time to...

It’s the start of a new year and time to review all the passwords you use. I was prompted to do this by an incident where I think an account of mine was hacked. Unfortunately we all have to use passwords to get into our computers, smartphones, tablets and websites we use. Security experts are working on better authentication systems using biometrics, open authentication systems like OAuth, OpenID and others, but widespread adoption is...

It’s the start of a new year and time to review all the passwords you use. I was prompted to do this by an...

It must be the holiday season because the spam in my Inbox has gone up tenfold. Every spammer on earth (and maybe some from elsewhere, who knows) is getting into the act. There are the usual deals on Viagra and weight loss, but the ones that sound like legitimate bargains are the ones to worry about. Just today I got one from zBiddy-Deals. I opened it and it looks like some great deals on...

It must be the holiday season because the spam in my Inbox has gone up tenfold. Every spammer on earth (and maybe some from...

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 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). ...

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