In the early 1990s, NSA Director Mike McConnell created a brand-new position at the National Security Agency: Director of Information Warfare. McConnell appointed Rich Wilhelm, with whom McConnell had worked closely on U.S. counter-command & -control intelligence operations during the first
Information Bytes
The law blog for data with people problems
Information Bytes, published by Information Governance Group, focuses on practical aspects of information governance including data retention, data management, defensible disposition, and data security. The blog addresses compliance with regulatory requirements, risk mitigation related to data handling, and strategies for maximizing the value of organizational information. It covers topics such as establishing legally validated records retention schedules, implementing information management policies, data breach response readiness, and aligning information governance initiatives with business objectives. The content also explores the intersection of information governance with litigation discovery and privacy regulations, providing guidance for organizations to manage information cost-effectively while controlling legal and security risks.
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At last!!! A good reason not to create dozens of hard-to-remember passwords! The updated National Institute for Standards and Technology guidance on creating passwords has been out for a while now, but the word has been slow in trickling down…
Breaking news from Captain Obvious – it’s still OK to manually preserve and collect ESI
By Peter Sloan
Late last month in Mirmina v. Genpact, the Honorable Sarah Merriam of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut properly confirmed that it remains permissible to manually preserve and collect discoverable email. Her opinion was concise and spot-on,…
Game of Hacks
By Peter Sloan
A swarm of zombies, led by Byte Walkers, surges inexorably onward to penetrate a massive perimeter wall by force and stealth. Sounds like Game of Thrones, right? Instead, this is our cyberthreat reality. And in an ironic twist that would make George R. R. Martin…
Why govern your information? Reason #4: Your information is in others’ custody … but you’re still responsible for it.
By Peter Sloan
If you’re old enough, you’ll remember a time when businesses actually kept their own information (cue my adult children to roll their eyes). How quaint. We no longer keep most of our information – providers do that for us. We store…
It’s readiness season
Hurricane season is in full swing. As I write this, Tropical Storm Emily is drenching Florida, and the governor has declared a state of emergency. Having lived in Florida myself, I know that most coastal residents do take hurricanes seriously.…
Big data gone bad: Weapons of Math Destruction
By Peter Sloan
The hand-wringing continues about robots, and for whose jobs they’re coming next. But the “robots” needn’t be tangible to transform our lives. Actually, they’re already here, in the form of big data algorithms – predictive mathematical models fueled by astounding computing power…
Reading privacy policies to avoid surrendering your firstborn child
By Peter Sloan
WiFi provider Purple recently added a “Community Service Clause” to its usual terms and conditions for wireless service:
The user may be required, at Purple’s discretion, to carry out 1,000 hours of community service. This may include the following:
- Cleansing local
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Why govern your information? Reason #5: Bad information results in bad decisions.
By Peter Sloan
“Garbage in, garbage out” – we know that already, right? Well … what we know about information quality and what we do are not always in sync. Just for kicks, consider information quality through the lens of the industrial quality movement.…
Backup failure in the age of ransomware
Many years ago, before common sense kicked in, I thought it would be a good idea to rent a storage space for all the extra furniture and other stuff I could not fit in my new house. Knowing it would…