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Law Firm’s Relationship with Seattle Public Schools ‘Severed’ Due to Unauthorized Release of Student Information

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For years now, I have spoken with colleagues in the legal profession over the necessity of implementing a data governance program for their law practice.  The overwhelming response, to date, is one that most would probably not expect from practicing lawyers who have an ethical duty to keep client information confidential – that being one […]

Data Security & Privacy

Antivirus Software Companies Acquiesce to Hackers – Refocus Business Models

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The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that several software antivirus companies are reinventing their business models after decades of trying to prevent hackers from penetrating its customers IT infrastructure.  According to Mr. Brian Dye, Senior Vice President of Information Security, at Symantec, Corp., the antivirus “is dead” from a money-maker perspective.  Rather than try to thwart hackers, […]

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Intellectual Property Theft Soars as Cyber-Attacks Against Businesses Increase

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Verizon recently released its 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report, and the outlook for organizations trying to protect their intellectual property is dire.  Cyber-based corporate and industrial espionage has risen so dramatically in the last year that intelligence officials are asking boardrooms across the U.S. to be more vigilant against cyber-criminals who are motivated by financial gain […]

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‘Data Governance’ – A Way for Organizations to Fight Cyber-Attacks

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As the U.S. intelligence community prepares to militarize its cyber-units for warfare in a virtual world, the rest of us are left to wonder how can we protect our asset resources from a “virtual-attack.”  Cyber-warfare and espionage have now supplanted terrorism as the greatest threat to our national infrastructure.  As a result of more mainstream media coverage, the […]

Data Security & Privacy

Dropbox Employee’s Hacked Information Leads to Spam Attack

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The New York Times reported that login credentials of a Dropbox employee were stolen from an unrelated hacking incident, and led to a spam attack within its own network.  The incident occurred when hacker’s used a stolen password to log into the Dropbox employee’s account that had content which contained Dropbox user information.  From that point, the hacker’s launched a spam attack […]

Business Law

Like Google and Twitter, Facebook and FTC Appear to Reach Settlement Over Privacy Concerns

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It appears that the Commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) will be voting sometime within the next couple of weeks to approve  a settlement between Facebook and the U.S. government over charges that the social media giant was unfair and deceptive in how it used customer personal information.  The Wall Street Journal reported that the […]

Business Law

White House Issues ‘Stop Gap’ Measures to Fix Security Holes From Wikileaks

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The Obama Administration issued an executive order on Friday, October, 7, 2011, to replace safeguards that exposed thousands of classified government documents in the  wake of the WikiLeaks scandal last year.  Specific details on the safeguards were not posted, but the Administration stated that procedures were implemented to monitor and detect specific behavior on sensitive […]