Well, it may not be everything you need to know, but it’s pretty good. One thing that jumps out at me as I read it, is how much of it is really dependent on the company providing the correct tools. For example, yes public wifi networks are dangerous, and cross-use of mobile devices for personal…
“One interesting quote from Edelson in the article: “Firms are incapable of getting the 60-year-old rainmaking partner to not use public Wi-Fi to access client data on a computer that is not secure . . . they are just totally dropping the ball there.” I can’t verify whether that is accurate, but it shouldn’t be…
Silly government workers. Go to all that trouble to try and hide the identity of the person under investigation but forget to redact the email address associated with that person, which happens to have his name in it? See, this is why you have to consider any and all personally identifiable information when you’re looking…
The thing that bugs me the most about this situation is not the argument about what Apple should or shouldn’t be required to do, it’s the number of politicians who feel the need to pipe in on behalf of the government, who clearly have no idea how encryption works. The whole point of encrypting data…
The newspaper has reported that the Justice Department is weighing how to move forward with an ongoing investigation that has run into trouble because of the service’s encryption. A federal judge had okayed a wiretap order during the course of the investigation, but because the communications being tapped is encrypted, they can’t see what’s being…
“Large, well-fortified organizations and enterprises may not be as attractive to data thieves as they once were. You can thank better training, bigger IT budgets and more effective security measures for this welcome bit of news. Things are less rosy for small companies, however. Shrinking budgets, limited resources, and lax or outdated security practices have…