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BlackBerry Bold to hit stores Nov. 4

2008-10-22 04:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
AT&T said its BlackBerry Bold smart phone will go on sale Nov. 4 starting at $299.99 with a two-year contract
 
 
 
 
 
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Laptop stolen in Royal Bolton Hospital break-in

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2007-12-19 15:24:44 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...bold;">Breach Description Thieves broke into the department for thoracic care and stole a laptop that contained confidential personal information belonging to patients that receive or have received oxygen treatments at home Reference URL The Bolton New Story Report Credit Paul Keaveny from The Bolton News Response From the online source...
 
 
 
 
 
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How to Do Database Logging/Monitoring "Right"?

2007-12-13 11:26:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...bold are the ones I consider key Pro Con Sniff SQL traffic from the wire No database performance impact Awareness of returned content (for SELECTs Guaranteed role separation Better for DBA monitoring No agents No database configuration changes Extra device needs to be purchased, deployed and managed Doesn't work with encryption No local...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Trouble with Threat Modeling

2007-09-26 19:11:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...Bold Button is Boring ) Sometimes it just felt that wayLarry Osterman made that point, unintentionally in Threat Modeling Again, Presenting the PlaySound Threat Model , where he said Let's look at a slightly more interesting case where threat modeling exposes an issue. Youch! But as I wrote in a comment on that post, What you've been doing...
 
 
 
 
 
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Q&A: Data leak prevention pros and cons

2008-01-07 00:00:00 by Cara Garretson in Network World on Security
 
Anti-data leakage vendors make bold claims about how far their products can go to protect enterprises from unauthorized information sharing. This irks Nick Selby, head of enterprise security research at The 451 Group, who believes these tools are helpful with some tasks, but far from the solution
 
 
 
 
 
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Select Medical Corporation charged by the Texas Attorney General

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2008-01-11 16:20:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...bold;">Commentary Don't mess with Texas Seriously, this is excellent news. Organizations should take notice (but will they?). Just because sensitive information no longer has use to an organization, does not mean that protection stops. Information that no longer has any authorized business use needs to be destroyed (or returned it's owner)...
 
 
 
 
 
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The Naval Surface Warfare Center warns employees

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2008-01-16 09:51:41 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...bold;">Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, job titles, salary and employment information Breach Description Officials at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division were made aware of a breach involving personal information belonging to current and former employees after a criminal attempted to purchase a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Unattended Middle Tennessee State University laptop

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2008-02-14 11:59:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...bold;">Response From the online sources cited above an unknown person accessed a computer containing the names and Social Security numbers of about 1,500 past and current students A professor left the university computer unattended in the mass communication department about two weeks ago and an unidentified person is believed to have used...
 
 
 
 
 
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Lasell College IT employee suspected in breach

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2008-03-21 11:44:01 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...bold;">Commentary There have been quite a few information security studies involving IT personnel that overstep their duties and breach information security controls. In most organizations, information security personnel report up through the IT organization (such as the CIO, VP of IT, etc.). In my opinion, this is a mistake. Information...
 
 
 
 
 
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Portable Identity and the BBC

2008-04-29 14:30:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...bold statement that "getting identity right is key to our future plans." I couldn't agree more. Managing identity is central to the future and long term success of everything from social networking to eCommerce. For their part, the BBC are currently looking at the concept of " portable identity ." Good job if they can make it happen - the...