e-Commerce Companies v. Hackers
The 21st century is clearly the age of cybercrime, and e-commerce companies of all stripes should be especially concerned because there are only two types of computer systems: those that have been hacked, and those that will be hacked.
Losing My e-Mail
In today's BlackBerry-driven, online business world, losing one's e-mail ' and access to other online forms of communication ' has to be worse than REM's fear of losing one's religion. Yet that is just the fate that may await our next President, who has already publicly confessed (on national television, no less, though you can certainly find the story on the Internet) his steadfast inability to shake his smoking addiction under the stress of a Presidential campaign.
Averting Data Security Threats From Portable Electronics
The proliferation of flash drives, iPods, camera cell phones, Black-berries, and similar electronic devices has put all companies at added risk for insider theft. With the use of these devices, downloading significant amounts of data is easy, virtually instantaneous, and often very difficult to detect. These risks apply to essentially all companies that allow employees access to electronically stored, confidential, and proprietary information.<br>So what is today's company supposed to do to protect its valuable, sensitive information in the face of the risks posed by new portable devices?
Cybersecurity Researcher Addresses 'Misplaced' Fears: Q&A with Professor Fred H. Cate
<i>The Privacy and Data Protection Legal Reporter</i> spoke recently with Professor Fred H. Cate, distinguished professor of law and adjunct professor of informatics at Indiana University, in Bloomington, IN, about what he sees as the hyperbole that, at times, overtakes the public discussion about ID theft and electronic security. As the director of Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, Cate is a leading researcher and consultant on issues such as phishing, consumers' use of passwords, and cybersecurity.
Managing the New Company Thief
It used to be that an employee desiring to steal $2 million from your company would have a hard time doing so unnoticed. Today, that employee can do so undetected while having a casual conversation with you in the office. Unfortunately, in the current environment, the legal system is not forgiving toward companies that take a more relaxed approach with respect to protecting their own sensitive information.
Managing the New Company Thief
It used to be that an employee desiring to steal $2 million from your company would have a hard time doing so unnoticed. Today, that employee can do so undetected while having a casual conversation with you in the office.
Securing U.S. Strategic Assets: Does The Exon-Florio Statute Do Its Job?
When it was announced in early 2006 that Dubai Ports World, a company controlled by the Government of Dubai, planned to acquire six major U.S. ports and had successfully undergone the U.S. government's national security review of the transaction, concerns about foreign ownership of U.S. assets intensified dramatically. A new wave of criticism arose, revitalizing arguments that had temporarily subsided when the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) (a Chinese Government-controlled company) withdrew its bid to acquire California-based Unocal Corporation in the summer of 2005. Now, it appears that there is great momentum behind proposals to adopt new means to prevent ' or at least to screen ' such proposed acquisitions by foreign companies, particularly foreign government-owned companies.
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U.S. Cybersecurity Chief Abruptly Resigns<br>AOL Rejects Microsoft's Anti-Spam Standard
Cybersecurity Legal Strategies
For good reason, cybersecurity has become a vital risk-management concern, and legal-based strategies, procedures and controls are essential parts of today's all-encompassing cybersecurity risk-management programs. <br>It seems a given. <br>Unfortunately, although many companies have written preparedness and cyberattack-defense plans, many have overlooked crafting the shielding armor of a well constructed legal layer. <br>And that's a big mistake waiting to happen ' again and again.
