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Is the Obama Administration Diluting Whistleblower Protections?

- The Obama administration may be backing away from its campaign pledge to protect national security whistleblowers, according to administration e-mail and a Senate committee's draft legislation, reports The Washington Times.

Intellectual Property Piracy Harms Global Economy

- During a congressional field hearing in California, the entertainment industry proposed solutions to stem intellectual property piracy.

Trade Secrets

- A federal appeals court has ruled that an injunction against a company accused of stealing trade secrets was inappropriate. The court determined that monetary damages were available for the plaintiffs if they prevailed in their claim.

Entertainment Piracy

- Entertainment industry representatives told Congress of the increasing economic costs of intellectual property piracy and suggested possible solutions. View the hearing transcripts and video.

UK: Entertainment Industry Wants ISPs to Police Internet

- Britain's entertainment industry is calling on the government to make Internet service providers (ISPs) police their networks by slowing or terminating the connection of users that illegally file share material online, reports BBC.com.

Study: Global Software Piracy Rises

- Global software piracy increased in 2008, costing software vendors an estimated $53 billion dollars, according to an Agence France Presse report based on an annual survey from the Business Software Alliance and IDC.

Developing an Antipiracy Program

- How security managers can protect the company’s intellectual property and contribute to the bottom line. (Web Exclusive)  

The Culture of Convenience Threatens IT Security, Intelligence Official Says

- The culture of convenience surrounding information technologies concerns one of the U.S. intelligence community's top officials.

U.S. Congressional Legislation: Data Protection

- A bill (S. 139) introduced by Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) would require that companies notify consumers if their personally identifiable information has been accessed. Under the bill, companies that possesses such data would be required to disclose any data breach.

Protecting Personal Information

- Critics say federal privacy laws have not kept pace with technological change.

Private Records

- Health care employees are more a threat to private medical records than outsiders, according to a number of recent surveys.

U.S. Federal Legislation: Intellectual Property

- The House of Representatives has approved a bill (H.R. 4279) that would increase penalties for theft of intellectual property. The Senate has announced that it will consider the measure.The bill would enhance criminal penalties for dealing in counterfeit labels or packaging. It would also enhance penalties for causing serious bodily harm or death while dealing in counterfeit goods or services.

Hackers Don't Always Use High Technology

- Security researcher tells hacker conference that criminals don't only use high-tech techniques to get at confidential information.