Monthly Archives: April 2011

“Pressure Point: Online Privacy — Privacy is Potentially a Costly Workplace Issue”

In the April 22, 2011 Boston Business Journal article, entitled, "Pressure Point: Online Privacy —
Privacy is Potentially a Costly Workplace Issue," I was interviewed regarding some of the recent developments in privacy and security law for employers: 

  • “Most of the time, data breaches don’t come down to a failure of technology or inadequate technology. It comes down to someone doing something stupid,”…

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Information Security In the Age of WikiLeaks

InformationWeek has published an interesting Analytics Brief on "Information Security in the Age of WikiLeaks."  (Subscription required.)  The brief discusses the following subjects:

  • Could a Major Security Breach Be on the Horizon?
  • The Smartphone Dilemma
  • What Elements Are Currently Covered in Your Organization’s Security Awareness Program?
  • Security Budgets Fare Well
  • Implementing Risk Management Disciplines
  • Do You Really Know Who Your Friends Are?…

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White House Releases Framework for National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

On April 15, the White House formally released its National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. As we noted earlier, the “trusted identity” concept is intended to allow the public and private sectors to collaborate in order to raise the level of trust associated with the exposure of the identities of individuals, organizations, networks, services and devices in online transactions:

The goal of NSTIC is to create an “Identity Ecosystem”… More