In my prior blog post, I opined that the Citi Bank data breach, which left over 200,000 credit card holders personal information exposed, was more about the overall culture of compliance within CitiBank than the technology employed internally by the company. As it turns out, a team of security experts has determined that CitiBank officials simply left […]
The other day it was announced that Citi Bank was once again victim to data theft when it was reported that over 200,000 credit card holders may have had their personally identifiable information exposed in an unauthorized manner to hackers. This latest breach is just another recurring role in the endless saga of “bank gets […]
This past weekend it was reported that the Public Broadcasting Service, or PBS, and Lockheed-Martin had their networks attacked by cyber-criminals. The Wall Street Journal highlighted today two different stories about how government and private organizations are responding to the daily deluge of cyber-attacks within their respective sectors. The first story deals with how the […]
It was confirmed Saturday evening that aerospace giant Lockheed-Martin was hit by a “minimal” cyber-attack. According to Company and Pentagon officials, the cyber-attack was quickly detected, and no personnel, customer, or program data was compromised. As it is too early to tell the extent of the breach, one conclusion can be that due to the […]
In what many accountants fear could lead to a “fishing” expedition by the Internal Revenue Service as they seek out creative ways to generate money for the federal government, small business owners, under a tax audit, are being told to turn over exact copies of their electronic business records located in their internal software programs. […]
Various European governments are heating up talks these days that are focused on regulating certain aspects of the Internet. Whether we are talking about issues related to privacy, speech, or content, data governance is being elevated on the international stage to the same level as such issues like terrorism, global warming, trade, and currency. In […]
A realization through revelation has finally emerged in the wake of a cyber-attack at Sony, Corp., by its CEO, Howard Stringer – technology alone cannot protect the most valued asset of a company, its mission-critical data. In a telephone interview posted by The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Stringer stated that he could not guarantee the […]
Sony, Corporation, is in the process now of rebuilding its brand reputation after having to shut down its PlayStation Network on April 20, 2011. The shutdown was due to hackers infiltrating its network and obtaining the names, addresses, birth dates, and possibly credit card numbers of over 100 million users. Prior to the April 20th incident, […]
Microsoft officials warned customers of its BPOS bundle of hosted Exchange, SharePoint and Lync on Monday, May 10, that an upgrade of Exchange Online was slated to begin on May 12. Microsoft didn;t tell users to expect any downtime as a result of the upgrade. It seems something went wrong before May 12’s upgrade ever […]
In a non-binding opinion to be published by the EU Article 29 Working Party, a recommendation on online location-based privacy will likely affect how providers of smartphone technology do business in Europe. The report to be released by the advisory board will state that any geo-based information collected by phone and Internet companies on customer locations must be treated […]