A confidential "vison statement" by Google, Inc., recently released and reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, highlights what many companies and organizations are facing as they move deeper into the Age of Information – namely, what to do with the vast amounts of data that are stored within their IT systems. The document by […]
Now that over 90,000 "classified" documents relating to the progress, or lack thereof, of the War in Afghanistan have been disclosed by Wikileaks, many questions have been raised as to what extent the damage has been done to U.S. national security. The person alleged to have been involved in the leak, Mr. Bradley Manning, […]
After an extended hiatus from blogging, due to the birth of my new baby daughter, The Emerging Business Advocate is back! In Washington, D.C., today, British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and U.S. President Barack Obama met to talk about current U.S.-British relations. As part of their meeting, the two heads of state addressed […]
The New York Times reported today that "a group of hackers said Wednesday that it had obtained the e-mail addresses of 114,000 owners of 3G Apple iPads, including those of military personnel, business executives and public figures, by exploiting a security hole on AT&T’s Web site." As access to information becomes more expansive throughout the consumer world, corporations are […]
Today’s historic plummet of stock prices in New York may have been triggered by what is going on with the credit crisis in Greece and the rest of Europe; it may also have been aided by the Chinese "readjustment" of its money to account for inflation; but the most probable rumor is that high-speed, […]
It has been reported by The Associated Press that the Supreme Court of the United States will hear the case of City of Ontario v. Quon. This case has huge implications for how far a government employer can go to examine workplace text messages that are private in nature by an employee. Male and […]
The Insurancejournal.com reported that "Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has signed legislation into law that encourages financial institutions to comply wtih that data security requirements — or face potential liability if a data breach occurs. According to bill text of HB 1149, ‘Protecting Consumers from Breaches of Security,’ the [S]tate recognizes that breaches of credit and […]
The Associated Press reported today that French authorities interviewed Francois Cousteix, or better known by his online name "Hacker Troll", for 2 days while the FBI sat in on the investigation. As an unemployed person, with admittedly very little computer savvy, Mr. Cousteix insists that the only motivation for hacking into the Twitter accounts of […]
When executives of publicly traded companies sign their annual and periodic statements, such as Form-10K or Form-10Q, with the various regulatory agencies, it is a comprehensive summary of the corporation’s performance. In signing these forms, the executive is attesting that all data pertaining to the health and viability of the organization has been fully disclosed to […]
This past week in San Fancisco, "Cyber Czar" Howard Schmidt announced the Obama Administration’s approach to confronting the cyber-threats against U.S. infrastructures. Many of the strategies outlined in the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative ("CNCI") were designed to enhance the Government’s objectives of, (1) establishing a front line defense against today’s threats to our cyber-infrastructure; […]