Over the past two days, there have been 3 news events that have highlighted the importance of why organizations need to do a better job of protecting their mission-critical data.  However, corporate fiduciaries, who are in the best position to counsel businesses on this matter, have very little knowledge about what sorts of "care" should be […]

  The New York Times reports today that the European Union has commenced legal action against Britain for failing to properly apply EU data privacy rules that would restrict an Internet advertising tracker called "Phorm" from watching how users surf the Web.  Phorm analyzes Internet users’ behavior so it can display ads that might appeal […]

  For all the years that security experts have been warning that the "sky is falling" around our national infrastructure, it appears that all the talk is about to become reality.  Reuters reported today that cyber-spies HAVE penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system.  […]

  The Associated Press reported today that the Pentagon spent over $100 million in the past 6 months to respond and repair damage from cyber-attacks and other computer network problems.  This astonishing amount of taxpayer dollars highlights the fact that the Department of Defense is constantly under attack by both sophisticated and non-sophisticated cyber-terrorists.  The […]

  The University of Washington notified this week 6,000 employees that their names and social security numbers were on a computer system that was hacked.  According to The Seattle Times, two parking management computer servers were hacked into starting around December 6th of last year.  An initial on-site review showed obvious signs of a network […]