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 […]
The Wall Street Journal reported today that a group of U.S. lawmakers are pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to make corporations, detail in their quarterly reports, any “material” cyber-attacks that they experience. The purpose of this required disclosure is to create more transparency amongst regular investors. The pressure is a result of the recent massive data […]
A recent development to the State of Washington Breach Notification Law, RCW 19.255.010, has to deal with the adoption of a “retailer liability” provision. RCW 19.255.020 allows for banks, who incur significant costs due to security breaches, to have a remedy against retailers and payment processors that fail to protect against a security breach. The State of […]
Last week I was going to blog about the collateral damage that had been done to Amazon as a result of its AWS cloud computing unit being taken down, and rendering thousands of companies unable to access their mission-critical information. However, it was disclosed that Apple and Google were able to track people who use their Smartphones, […]
“Redundancy, Redundancy, Redundancy.” Any good risk management tool is predicated around this mantra, and yet today, in a highly unusual incident, Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers’ went blank. Client sites from Foursquare to Reddit were rendered inaccessible Thursday, and there is no communication from AWS personnel as to why the system went down. I wonder how much […]
A few weeks ago I blogged about how the French government is demanding information repository companies, like Google, Yahoo, et al, allow its citizenry to be completely wiped from oblivion on the Internet. I think what is most intriguing about “le Doit al ‘Oubli” is how it highlights the distinct differences between European and American viewpoints […]