INFORMATION
Daily Headline : Government Reports (GAO etc.)
09/24/2012 - An Australian study advocates copyright reform, new software can determine whether a photo is fake, and a government report finds that counterfeit documents remain the weak link in fraudulent driver's licenses.
Daily Headline : International
09/21/2012 - Phishing campaigns target natural resource companies. Cloud Security Alliance to issue new reports. Syria accuses Gulf countries of supporting regional instability. And more.
Daily Headline : IT Security
09/20/2012 - Two Romanian men have pled guilty to participating in a multimillion dollar scheme to steal payment card data from hundreds of Subway restaurants and other merchants, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Daily Headline : IT Security
09/13/2012 - The group is comprised of IT security professionals from institutions including the European Commission, the General Secretariat of the Council, the European Parliament, and the European Network and Information Security Agency.
Daily Headline : Privacy
09/06/2012 - Twenty-two U.S. privacy and consumer groups have written a letter to the European Parliament supporting a strong new European Union data protection law.
Daily Headline : IT Security
09/05/2012 - Those charged with continuity planning can get support from senior management by developing metrics and demonstrating value to the bottom line.
Daily Headline : IT Security
09/04/2012 - A second member of the hacking group LulzSec has been arrested for a 2011 intrusion of Sony Pictures’ computer systems.
Daily Headline : Privacy
08/30/2012 - Twitter earlier this week appealed a judge’s order requiring the company to turn over tweets and other information of an Occupy Wall Street protester.
Daily Headline : Special Event Security
08/29/2012 - Cybersecurity experts in 2008 warned that phishers' next target could be online political contributions.
Beyond Print: Legal Issues
08/27/2012 - An employee granted unrestricted access to his employer’s computer network cannot be found guilty under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) if he later steals information from his employer, another district court has ruled. The decision agrees with the Ninth Circuit but conflicts with the Fifth, Seventh, and Eleventh circuits.
Case Study: IT Security
08/24/2012 - Carnegie Mellon University is thwarting phishing attacks with a software program that teaches members of the campus community how to spot suspicious e-mails.
Technofile: IT Security
08/24/2012 - Those charged with continuity planning can get support from senior management by developing metrics and demonstrating value to the bottom line.
Homeland Security: Risk Management
08/24/2012 - In the social media world, individuals are encouraged to readily serve up personal data about where they are, who they are with, and when. But cartel members who use Facebook or similar social sites, for target selection can easily exploit this information to establish behavior patterns. (ONLINE EXCLUSIVE)