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STLtoday - Some Missouri campuses fear a rise in fake degrees, transcripts
Kathy Brockgreitens-Gober was floored several months ago when the education department in Florida sent her a copy of a transcript that purported to be from St. Charles Community College, where she is the registrar.
The transcript had the college's name and address on it, but it was otherwise completely fictitious — down to the A's and B's the supposed student had given herself.
InternetNews Realtime IT News - Obama Faces New Calls for Cybersecurity Revamp
A bipartisan think tank is calling on the incoming Obama administration to enact sweeping changes in U.S. cybersecurity policy -- a move that aims to close holes in the nation's and federal government's Internet infrastructure.
The group, a nonprofit think tank focusing on security policy, set up a special Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency last year to examine the nation's Internet defense strategies, in the wake of attacks on several U.S. government Web sites -- including those of the State, Defense and Commerce departments, and NASA.
The Challenges of Technological Change to Copyright Law: Copyright Reform and Social Change in Cyberspace -- ELKIN-KOREN 17 (2): 186 -- Science Communication
his article addresses the future of copyright law in cyberspace. It argues that the potential of cyberspace to decentralize the production and dissemination of knowledge requires adjusting copyright rules to serve the promise of decentralization and to facilitate participation in the production of knowledge
U.S. issues Internet gambling rule, ignoring lawmaker | Technology | Internet | Reuters
Bush admin pushing through interest rules before leaving office.
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he U.S. Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve issued a final rule on Wednesday aimed at stopping illegal Internet gambling
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They have wanted the Bush administration to issue the rule before leaving office in January.
Dispatches from the Culture Wars: UIGEA Gambling Regulations Don't Do Much
analysis of new UIGEA online gambling regulations just pushed through by Bush admin.
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according to gambling law expert I. Nelson Rose, they don't really do all that much.
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Malta is reviewing/updating their e-gaming laws.
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The government is embarking on a major review of remote gaming legislative and regulatory frameworks to bring new technologies and business models within the regime.
Symantec Report Details Cyber-crime's Rise
Symantec's estimate regarding the extent of the underground economy associated with the interest- a very big number.
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hile the economy lurches from one day to the
next and incidents of real-life piracy increase off the coast of Somalia, Symantec's "Report on the Underground Economy"
illuminates an online underground that has matured into an efficient global
marketplace for stolen goods and fraud-related services. Symantec reports that
in the yearlong period of observation an estimated $276 million worth of
advertised goods was trafficked—a small fraction of the overall underground
economy.
Industry proposes partnership, not regulation, on cybersecurity - Federal news, government operations, agency management, pay & benefits - FederalTimes.com
Internet Security alliance proposes a govt/industry partnership similar to early 20th century govt/utility partnership to control net.
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The Internet Security Alliance proposed Tuesday a partnership between industry and government modeled on the early 20th century government-utilities partnerships, in which the government offered incentives to utility companies to enable universal phone and power services.
Although every element of the nation’s activity — from defense to the financial markets, energy, communications and manufacturing — relies on Internet-based systems that are constantly under attack, there is no market incentive for companies to ensure security outside their own business plans, said Larry Clinton, president of the alliance.
Don't confuse the economy with data privacy | Security - CNET News
Some information regarding the problems of data privacy and how the current economic situation is effecting it.
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This week, the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Regulations pushed back the deadline to comply with a new state law mandating encryption of sensitive consumer data. The law, passed in September 2008, was supposed to take effect on January 1, 2008. Instead, the deadline will now be pushed back to May 1.
Why the change? The extension was driven by the current economic crisis in order to give companies a bit more leeway.
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1. There were over 300 publicly disclosed breaches last year, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. These breaches exposed private data of more than 150 million people
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Sun.Star Davao - IT industry loses $10M yearly on data breaches
the articles shows the significant problems that can arise where a country, here the Philippines has tries to set itself up as a regional IT hub.
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THE Philippine information technology (IT) industry is incurring substantial financial losses of at least $10 million (P490 million) a year on data breaches, a cyber crime expert estimated.
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He also mentioned the case of a manufacturing company, which wrongly delivered goods after its online system for ordering was breached, while a data processing company had to pay somebody so its lost data would be returned.
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World of ObamaCraft | Technology | guardian.co.uk
thoughts regarding the future of internet regulations in an Obama administration
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Kevin Werbach, known to his guildmates as Supernovan Jenkins, is tasked, with fellow Net Neutrality advocate Susan Crawford, with " providing information on U.S. government Internet and telecom policies, along with advising on budgetary and personnel matters."
Expect forthcoming strategic policy papers on regulation, broadband usage and the use of virtual worlds for things other than gaming.
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre - CyberLPC - UNSW Sydney Australia
Good list of articles relating to cyberspace law and regulation
Offshore hosting firm HavenCo lost at sea • The Register
the end of sealand's data haven
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