The age old axiom in Property Law is: Ownership is 9/10’s of the law. No where is this more true than what is playing out between Twitter and TechCrunch over confidential documents that were obtained by the blog, TechCrunch, from someone who had hacked into Twitter’s server’s using a simple password of an […]
Passwords are an important part of the world we live in today. Everything from our e-mail account(s) to our online banking and business database point of entry are password protected. This has caused many of us to use the same password time and time again (in the hopes that we don’t show our true […]
For almost 2 years I have been writing on this blog about issues that I see as relevant to emerging businesses. In my professional opinion, I feel that the greatest threat to the long-term viability and valuation of any emerging enterprise is how well they protect their corporate mission-critical information. According to President Obama, […]
Bernard Lunn of The New York Times, recently wrote an article about whether enterprise businesses are keen to the idea of SaaS, or what is otherwise known as "cloud computing." He attended the Enterprise 2.0 Conference and asked the question "SaaS or on-premise"? The response he got was surprising – at least 50% of […]
For the past couple of years, I have been advising clients, asking questions of professionals, and presenting on the fact that there is extremely little (alright none) caselaw on third-party liability when it comes to protecting mission-critical data. That is until now. The payment systems, or credit card processing, industry has had a set […]
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 […]