A sigh of relief…Many businesses in the U.S., and abroad, are extremely happy to say goodbye to the year 2008, and welcome in 2009. The rollercoaster ride of economic turmoil and uncertainty, that will forever define 2008, has now been replaced with eternal optimism and progress, as we begin the new year. The prospects for the […]
John Markoff, of The New York Times, reported today that a government and technology industry panel on cyber-security is recommending that the federal government end its reliance on passwords and enforce "strong authentication." The Report is a strong indictment of government and private industry’s efforts to secure cyber-space by detailing a laundry list of […]
The prospect of expanding a business into strategically aligned international markets can create a multitude of challenges and unexpected problems that need to be managed before market entry is attempted. One of these "challenges" an international business will confront is, how to deal with the various privacy laws established by host foreign countries. Privacy protection […]
Microsoft released its Security Intelligence Report on Monday, November 3, 2008, a fifth such report of its kind by the software giant. The study said that a majority of information loss was as a result of human error, such as lost laptops or stolen IT equipment (47.5%). Social engineering attacks, in which the text […]
Jordan Robertson, of The Associated Press, reported today that a former engineer of Intel, Corp., has been charged in Massachusetts for illegally downloading more than a dozen confidential documents, worth about $1 billion, from Intel’s computer system in CA, during a 4-day stretch in June. All of this was accomplished while the engineer, Biswamohan […]
Late today, The New York Times reported that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case Flores-Figueroa v. U.S., some time next year. The main issue the Justices will opine is "whether the defendant must know that the counterfeit identification belongs to some one else?" Federal prosecutors have increasingly brought more serious […]
The SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network, Security) Institute, a cooperative research and education organization that is comprised of more than 165,000 security professionals worldwide, released earlier this year their "Top 10 Cyber Security Menaces for 2008." Number 4 on that list iss "Mobile Phone Threats, Especially iPhones and Android-Based Phones; Plus VoIP." The Institute states that since mobile […]
For small to mid-size firms to compete against their much larger, more sophisticated enterprise companies, requires that they utilize as many resources available to them in the market, all the while trying to minimize cost. Thus, the "outsourcing" industry has become a staple in the American economy (even through these tough economic times). Outsourcing […]
Joseph Menn, of the Los Angeles Times, wrote an article entitled "Parties at odds over cyber-security". The article focused on three major security breaches to the Internet within the past month that exposed a huge rift between Corporate America and the Federal Government over who should be responsible for fixing the Internet loopholes. The three […]
The New York Times reported today that a Federal District Court, yesterday, in San Jose, CA, dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by the IO Group, an adult entertainment company, against Veoh Networks, saying that Veoh Networks was protected by the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). IO Group, whose videos were uploaded […]