Corporate cyber-security is a hot topic these days in mainstream media, and for good reason. Many people who gain unauthorized access to a computer, or computer system, are relatively judgment proof from civil liability due to the simple fact that they typically are people with low earning capacities. Corporations, on the other hand, have […]
In today’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer the front-page story is entitled: "Seattle Security Expert Helped Uncover Major Design Flaw On Internet." The article, by Daniel Lathrop and Paul Shukovsky, is akin to a Cold War-era spy novel, where you have good versus evil, order versus anarchy, and just a few individuals to save the unwitting millions […]
According to an article posted on the website Ars Technica: The Art of Technology, by Emil Protalinski, the profile of your typical hacker is evolving from the lone single white male, living in his parents basement, who steals credit card and other personal information, to a complex business organization which is fashioning itself much […]
Recently, a federal court judge, for the Southern District of New York, ruled that YouTube, and its venture partner, Google, Inc., must turn over gigabytes of data, regarding the viewing habits of YouTube users, to entertainment conglomerant, Viacom, Inc. In a deal brokered between both Viacom and YouTube, the parties stipulate that YouTube will […]
In the Tuesday, July 8, 2008, "Technology Section", of The New York Times, Saul Hansell wrote an article entitled "One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life." Mr. Hansell does an excellent job in exposing one of the dirty little secrets going on in our society that exposes thousands of innocent […]
The old adage "All’s fair in love and [corporate] war" is alive and kicking in Corporate America these days. When it comes to illegal network intrusions, via cyber-terrorism or espionage, most of us conjure up images of some overweight "Techie", with thick-rimmed eyeglasses, sitting at home in front of a half dozen computer screens, trying […]
Corporations engaged in international business transactions may be greeted by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, upon re-entry into the United States, with a warrantless seizure of its proprietary corporate data. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently held, in U.S. v. Arnold, that customs officers need no reasonable suspicion to […]
UCLA Medical Center for years has been the hospital of choice for public figures in Southern California – mainly because of its convenient location to where prominent celebrities live (e.g. Brentwood, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, etc.) and its state-of-the-art facilities. However, UCLA Medical Center has also been the epicenter for violation of patient privacy laws in the United […]
Mr. Steve Lohr, of The New York Times, wrote an article about a research study published in The New England Journal of Medicine by two Doctors (Kenneth D. Mandl & Issac S. Kohane) who opine that with the emergence of companies, like Microsoft and Google, into the Healthcare Records Storage Industry, a dramatic and "seismic" challenge […]
GET THE MONEY!!! That is the mantra every entrepreneur should be saying to themselves throughout the day. The one thing every business enterprise needs is money! This may seem like a very trivial concept, but it is easier said than done. From trying to get your clients to pay their invoices, to motivating […]