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Today's post provides an example of an organizational change being discussed in many firms contemplating the use of social media, and its evolution to social business in a global economy. Adoption of "social" introduces new risks and opportunities to US corporations. The likelihood of doing business

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At a minimum, we need some sort of framework to act as a guide for protecting the privacy of various types of personally identifiable data that we generate, store or consume and share with others. <br />The following section introduces the Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP), developed by the A

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This post is one in a series on Privacy &amp; Security, and covers some of the intersections of these domains for those who are not practitioners with in-depth understanding of the associated disciplines.<br />History Points to Privacy's Future<br />Today's post explores the history of privacy a bit mor

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One of the things that always surprised me while working with corporate information over the years is the lack of a data classification program in the majority of firms. Working with many well-known corporations around the world, I get to see the inner-workings of how IT is practiced.<br /><br />One item I

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Social, Social, Social! It seems everyone is talking about the need to adopt some flavor of Social to propel business forward. Unless you live under a very large rock, you are aware of the popularity of individual social media services. Many well-meaning companies are rushing forward to transform th

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“Strong data security policies and procedures are only as effective as the employees who implement them."

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Ultimately, your first line of defense rests with your doctor, though, says Peel. To thwart breaches, pepper your doctor with questions. How will my data be transmitted? Will it be encrypted? For assistance, you can also download a question form at Patientprivacyrights.org.

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Insulin pumps are vulnerable to determined hackers who could also remotely mess up the readings of blood-sugar monitors, Jerome Radcliffe, a security researcher who has diabetes revealed at the Black Hat computer security conference, Las Vegas, Nevada. In other words, a hacker could cause a diabetic patient to receive either too much or too little insulin.

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Recent news reports on copier security have brought to the forefront how information stored on a copier's hard drive may be accessible to would-be identity thieves and others. While this vulnerability is eye-opening to many, this concern has been important to manufacturers for quite some time. Just as you would install a virus scan on your laptop or PC, you need data safeguards for multifunction printers (MFPs).

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More and more companies are recognizing that they’re accumulating ever-increasing amounts of data but not necessarily gaining business insights from it. The missing link is the transformation of data into information that is comprehensive, consistent, correct and current. That isn’t a problem technology can solve for you

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The purpose for all of this online snooping is singular: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook and others are intent on delivering more relevant online ads to each and every one of us — and bagging that advertising money.

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Worried about security, but unwilling to spend a bundle? No problem. With these 11 free programs, you'll keep your computer--and your wallet--safe.

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The bill fails to provide significant new resources to investigate and prosecute more cases involving child pornography. Meanwhile, it would put millions of Americans' personal information at risk of being hacked and stolen from service providers' databases.

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Of the 23 agencies surveyed, only 12 have developed guidance on social media records management, and 12 have updated their privacy policies to address social media use and only seven have identified and documented security risks related to social media use, according to the report.

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When the federal government finally does undertake the task of legislating around cloud computing, it seems very likely that security measures and data privacy will drive the ship. The TechAmerica Foundation’s CLOUD2 commission today announced a data- and security-heavy set of recommendations to guide the federal government’s efforts in regulating, adopting and promoting the cloud, following up on a recent Brookings Institution discussion on a proposed Cloud Computing Act that focuses on those two issues. This isn’t surprising given that these are two areas in which the government can most directly affect the nature of the cloud.

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A California real estate escrow company that lost more than $465,000 in an online banking heist last year is suing its former financial institution, alleging that the bank was negligent and that it failed to live up to the terms of its own online banking contract.

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In advanced markets, the firm believes the promise of mobile payments driven by NFC technology is at least four years away from reaching mass adoption. "The biggest hurdle is the need to change user behavior by convincing consumers to pay with mobile phones instead of cash and cards," said Sandy Shen, research director at Gartner.

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An explosion in threats against the nation's cybernetworks has led the Pentagon to develop a cyberwar strategy and prompted states to open cybersecurity offices.

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Recent hacking attacks on Sony Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. grabbed headlines. What happened at City Newsstand Inc. last year did not.

Unbeknownst to owner Joe Angelastri, cyber thieves planted a software program on the cash registers at his two Chicago-area magazine shops that sent customer credit-card numbers to Russia. MasterCard Inc. demanded an investigation, at Mr. Angelastri's expense, and the whole ordeal left him out about $22,000.

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in the past two years, the Office of Civil Rights has reported that 116 data breaches of 500 records or more were the direct result of the loss or theft of a mobile device and led to the exposure of the personal health information of 1.9 million patients

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