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90% of information governance is half contracting
By Peter Sloan
will be missed, but his wisdom will endure. Who else could have observed “No one goes there nowadays. It’s too crowded”? The information governance equivalent is “No one has information anymore.…
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Somebody’s watching your privacy policy
It may still be September, but to countless retailers, Halloween is already here. Passing by displays of spooky items while shopping, the '80s haunted-house music video “Somebody’s Watching Me” comes to…
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Will you still love me tomorrow, post-breach?
By Peter Sloan
Do data breaches cause lasting reputational damage for organizations? We all know breach response is expensive – just ask Target, which posted data breach-related costs of $162 million through fiscal year…
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DEF CON 23—Part II: cyber risk management strategy
At DEF CON you’ll often hear that “every company is receiving penetration testing, but some companies pay for the pleasure.” My take is that every company pays for penetration testing –…
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$750K HIPAA settlement highlights importance of risk analysis, device control policy
By Julie Sullivan, David Solberg
Cancer Care Group, P.C. settled alleged violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules on September 2 with the U.S. Department of Health & Human…
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DEF CON 23—Part I: Hackers highlight evolving cyber threats
Faces lit by computers, the hackers' objectives were clear — attack and defend. At this year’s DEF CON, the largest hacker convention in the United States, pre-qualified teams of hackers from…
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Sorry seems to be the hardest word – updating your privacy policy
“Sorry.” Music service Spotify joins the club as the latest company to apologize to its customers for proposed privacy policy changes. When it comes to bad press, it would be…
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AshleyMadison — promises, promises?
By Peter Sloan
Folks of a certain age, and fans of "Guardians of the Galaxy’s" Awesome Mix vol. 1, have a hard time forgetting that late ‘70s song by Rupert Holmes, "Escape" (“If you…
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Third Circuit gives FTC green light for data security enforcement
By Cordero Delgadillo, Peter Sloan
Months. Actually, years. That’s how long the notion has been brewing that the Federal Trade Commission has no authority to enforce reasonable data security under the unfairness prong of FTC…
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Target update: still shopping, but no end in sight
By Meghan Rohlf
Costs continue to mount for Target as the company works to put its massive 2013 data breach behind it. Target and Visa recently announced an agreement for Target to reimburse Visa card…