McAfee just released a commissioned report, written by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, that shows what we’ve known to be true for a long time. Critical infrastructures ranging from electrical grids, to oil production facilities to telecommunications and transportation networks are under constant attack from cybercriminals. The new report reveals the cost and Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, kurtz, Operation Aurora, Public Sector, regulations, SCADA, Telecommunications
Last year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) temporarily banned the use of thumb drives and other removable storage devices because viruses, worms and malware were uploaded to their network. Think about it. Thumb drives – tiny and able to enormous amounts of data – are ideal for moving information. Up until the ban, Read more…
Tags: Compliance, Cybercrime, data breach, Data Protection, Device Control, regulations
Although maybe unnoticed, a month ago Missouri finally joined that heady club called “states which have Data Privacy Laws.” On 28th August, the “Missouri Data Breach Notification Law,” or House Bill 62 took effect, not protecting, but at least enforcing care and attention of residents personal information (Social Security Numbers, Driver’s Licence Numbers, and information Read more…
Tags: data breach, Data Protection, privacy, regulations, Risk and Compliance
Today, I read an article on Computerworld regarding PCI security standards. Apparently a recent House of Representatives hearing was quite eventful. The hearing was a meeting between the retail sector and a subcommittee of the House Committee on Homeland Security. It seems that lawmakers are taking notice of the fact that some of the self-regulations, Read more…
Tags: government, PCI, perception, regulations, security
I was talking with a friend of mine today about the state of the Web in regards to data breach, privacy and Web site security and this interesting question arose. “Should the government issue tickets for vulnerabilities?” I was kinda shocked at the idea at first and then I started to wonder how this could Read more…
Tags: law, regulations
PCI Requirement #6.6 has been in the news for quite some time, primarily because complying with it is not trivial. PCI Security Council published a press release on April 22, 2008, hoping to clarify some of the requirements and help merchants comply before the upcoming deadline of June 30, 2008. Some of the clarifications are Read more…
Tags: PCI, regulations, Standards
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