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Market Fresh
A curious discussion of terror risk, and a terror prediction futures market by some GMU economist types and at the Chronicle’s Footnoted blog. I don’t know enough to about econ to assess the value of such a market, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, disclosure laws, risk assessment, risk management, threat, vulnerability
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I Feel That It’s Almost Crime
Imagine Monster put a click-through license on the malware, adjusted the privacy policy a tad (include an opt-out for additional “services”), and voila! It’s not a privacy breach, it’s an additional revenue stream! The 1.6M bits of Monster job hunter … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, consumer, disclosure laws, identity theft, privacy, singalong
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SSNS ON THE LOOSE! (Legacy Edition)
I’m trying to understand the newsworthiness of the latest episode of “SSNS On The L0OzE. OMG!!1!!” Some dude in the mail room puts a bunch of computer tapes in the wrong slot, according to the AP report in the Houston … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, disclosure laws, internal auditing, physical security, sb1386, security
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Go Ask Alec Baldwin
SSL apostate Ian G. refers to an article on estimation of loss due to a privacy breach.I think we are measuring the wrong thing, and operating on these assumptions is dangerous. From the article, a Forrester analyst says: “After calculating … Continue reading
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Tagged disclosure laws, identity theft, privacy, sb1386, security
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Repost Redux: Special SXSW Edition
Having read a few additional commentaries, I began to think some more on two issues I posted about earlier. Greg Abbott vs. The County ClerksMordaxus at Emergent Chaos says we need to chill, which made me wonder if there was … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, disclosure laws, panic, sb1386, ssns, texas
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Charts ‘n Graphs
From Pogo, this article from Physorg on the classic Evil Hacker v. Evil Suit dilemma. From the article: If Phil Howard’s calculations prove true, by year’s end the 2 billionth personal record – some American’s social-security or credit-card number, academic … Continue reading
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Impacted Molars: Misguided Ninja Dudes and PCI Awareness
MESIALDark Reading continues its obsession with physical security:Network dude rassels potential bad guy, followed by a stern warning on what a scary world it is out there, cause physical attacks hurt.Forgive me if I’m out of line, but why would … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, compliance, disclosure laws, pen testing, physical security
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With The AM Radio On
The imperial raftload of opinions on who really is the victim of credit card fraud, stemming from the Boston Globe article on the legislative reactions to the Stop and Shop Skimming Shenanigans, is centered around this quote as much as … Continue reading
The Lost Wallet vs. The Mugging
According to the new round of disclosure laws that sprouted up out of state houses in the past couple years, if an outfit loses your data, they ought to let you know. The notice if familiar to just about anyone … Continue reading
The One In Five 