Backdoor Politics 2017
One of the most hotly contested issues in information security is whether the government should encourage the ubiquitous use of strong encryption to protect data both at rest and in…
DetailsIoT Security – I Know What Will Help – Get Congress Involved
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee held hearings on November 16, 2016 on security of Internet of Things in the wake of the massive distributed denial of service (DDoS)…
DetailsFailure to Secure – No Harm, No Foul?
If a tree falls in the forest and there is nobody there to hear it, does it make a sound?? If a company has a data security event exposing sensitive…
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One of the lessons of crisis management is that you don’t make predictions during a crisis. Not to say that the recent UK vote to leave the EU (“Brexit”) is…
DetailsVirginia Court Kills Privacy
A federal court in Virginia on June 23 may have put the final stake in the heart of constitutionally protected privacy rights online. The case itself was simple enough –…
DetailsInside(r) Job
In 1981, R. Foster Winans was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, writing the “Heard it on the Street” column. As a diligent reporter, he would find out information…
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