For almost 2 years I have been writing on this blog about issues that I see as relevant to emerging businesses.  In my professional opinion, I feel that the greatest threat to the long-term viability and valuation of any emerging enterprise is how well they protect their corporate mission-critical information.  According to President Obama, […]

  Bernard Lunn of The New York Times, recently wrote an article about whether enterprise businesses are keen to the idea of SaaS, or what is otherwise known as "cloud computing."  He attended the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and asked  the question "SaaS or on-premise"?  The response he got was surprising – at least 50% of […]

  For the past couple of years, I have been advising clients, asking questions of professionals, and presenting on the fact that there is extremely little (alright none) caselaw on third-party liability when it comes to protecting mission-critical data.  That is until now.  The payment systems, or credit card processing, industry has had a set […]

  In The New York Times today, columnist Saul Hansell, talked about the fact that the Obama Administration has been interestingly silent on the topic of privacy ever since there was a push late last week to bring cyber-security to the forefront of the American psyche.  At the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference in Washington […]