Members of Congress are being investigated for possible ethics violations, and the names of those individuals under investigation were leaked when a junior staff member, working from home, improperly placed a document listing all the continuing inquiries into a file-sharing software system to which people outside the committee had access. The staff member, whose name […]
The Redmond-based software giant, Microsoft, Corp., (MSFT), announced today that it will be getting its suite of hosted messaging and collaboration products certified to the ISO 27001 international standard for information security. Interestingly, Google, Inc., in a similar move has decided to get its suite of products certified by the Federal Information Security Act (FISMA) […]
A strong majority of courts across the United States, both federal and state, have taken a common stance when it comes to addressing data breaches related to customer financial information (i.e. name, address, social security number, credit card numbers, etc.). They have stated that the plaintiff’s who have had their personally identifiable information (or "PII") breached as […]
Imagine one of the following scenarios: (1) details about ABC Company’s latest strategic development plan has ended up on a popular Internet Web Site, to which ABC Company is now forced to scrap the plans that could have gained them substantial leverage in the marketplace; or (2) corporate financial data was inadvertently sent to […]