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 […]

  Today, President Obama made cyber-security a top priority for the United States when he said that the U.S. has reached a "transformational moment" because computers are attacked and probed millions of times a day.  Shortly, he will be choosing a "cyber czar" to press for action with government agencies and private industry.  At a press conference, […]

Recently CIO Magazine writer, Elizabeth Montalbano, wrote an article about how e-mail and collaboration applications, like MSFT Sharepoint and Exchange, will drive the first wave of adoption of cloud computing for enterprise businesses.  Software Industry analysts and professionals claim that most enterprise businesses still do not trust that they will be provided with the high […]

  What are my rights?    That is what a majority of people want to know when they receive a letter in the mail from their bank, credit card company, hospital, etc., that states their personally identifiable information ("PII") has been compromised.  Most likely, the answer is – NOTHING!  Oh, you can take the 1 […]

  "Cloud Computing" is the next big technological wave to crash upon the shores of commerce and industry.  Giant companies like Microsoft, IBM, Amazon.com, Google, Salesforce.com, etc., are venturing into the foray to grab a piece of the "Software as a Service" (SaaS) marketplace.  However, like any emerging industry, questions are being raised as to […]

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that a federal identity theft law used to prosecute illegal workers who used fake social security numbers to obtain a job here in the United States was rejected.  The question in the case was whether workers who use fake identification numbers to commit some other crimes, […]

  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 […]