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Legal Report: Proprietary Information Protection
03/23/2012 - A New Jersey law (formerly A.B. 921) establishes the protection of trade secrets and establishes penalties for violation of the law. The law is a version of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, adopted by most U.S. states. (New York, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Texas are the only states that have yet to adopt a similar law.)
Legal Report: Proprietary Information Protection
02/28/2012 - A bill (S. 678) that would increase penalties for economic espionage has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. To proceed, the bill must now be taken up by the full Senate.
Legal Report: Proprietary Information Protection
02/28/2012 - A bill (S. 678) that would increase penalties for economic espionage has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. To proceed, the bill must now be taken up by the full Senate.
Book Reviews: Proprietary Information Protection
02/25/2012 - The book familiarizes readers with terms such as “silent slashes,” “evil clones,” and “jihad by proxy” as the authors describe the “seven swords of digital assassination” that damage entities’ reputations.
Daily Headline : Proprietary Information Protection
02/15/2012 - See the steps companies are taking to protect data.
Intelligence: Proprietary Information Protection
10/27/2011 - Nearly every business has trade secrets, and management must have a program for protecting those assets to reduce risk exposure to the enterprise.
Legal Report: Proprietary Information Protection
09/29/2011 - A bill (S. 678) introduced by Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) would increase penalties for economic espionage. The bill would also require that the U.S Sentencing Commission consider a tiered system to address different types of espionage.
Daily Headline : Proprietary Information Protection
09/28/2011 - According to a report from the Director of National Intelligence, more than one million federal employees hold top secret clearances. The total number of people holding security clearances last year exceeded 4.2 million.
Legal Report: Proprietary Information Protection
08/30/2011 - A bill (S. 968) introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), which would allow the attorney general to take action against Internet sites that infringe on intellectual property rights, has been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate has announced that it will consider the measure.
Daily Headline : Proprietary Information Protection
03/08/2011 - Companies don't only have to minimize the possibility of a data breach, they have to be prepared to help customers and clients out when one occurs.
Legal Report: Proprietary Information Protection
02/28/2011 - Massachusetts has approved a new law (formerly H.B. 4910) that addresses the security of vital records in the state. The law empowers state and town clerks to refuse to issue a copy of a vital record if they suspect that the request for the record has been falsely made, altered, forged, counterfeited, or procured through fraud.
Legal Report: Proprietary Information Protection
01/28/2011 - A new Mississippi law (formerly H.B. 583) requires that companies notify customers of any data security breach (.pdf) if the company reasonably believes that information has been compromised. The bill includes an exception allowing notification to be delayed if it would impede a criminal investigation or harm national security.
Technofile: Proprietary Information Protection
01/25/2011 - Compliance overtakes security concerns as the primary reason for encrypting data.
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