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Devolution and data-centric security

2009-01-07 15:24:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
Forrester has been covering the data-centric security space for a while - Paul Stamp has had some good articles and now Andy Jaquith has an new report out as well - " Data-Centric Security Requires Devolution, Not A Revolution ". The bottom line is to not think of this approach as revolutionary - While I agree with Andy to a certain degree, I...
 
Tags: data, data-centric security space, data elements, protect data, protect, andy jaquith, andy, approach, logical
 
 
 
 
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The asymmetry of data loss - data thief has an upper hand

2008-10-01 06:33:22 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
I read this awesome book by Dan Geer, Economics and Strategies of Data Security . This gave me structure for my thoughts about a complex topic such as data security When a data owner's (a business) sensitive data is breached it is difficult to quantify the monetary loss. According to respectable survey sources, the average cost of sensitive data...
 
Tags: data owner perspective, data owner, data, thief, owner, data freshness factor, data protection costs, discourage data thief, protect data
 
 
 
 
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Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing

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2007-07-02 20:46:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
Take a few moments and indulge in a thought exercise with me. Consider your companys complete collection of information processing assetsall the computers, the networks theyre connected to, the applications you use, and the data and information you manipulate. Which of those is the most valuable? Whichif it suddenly and tragically disappeared...
 
Tags: data security, comrms data security, data, security, confidential information, information, information security, temporary data, data vanishes
 
 
 
 
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New Privacy Policy Wrinkles: Online Behavioral Advertising; and Potential new EU Data Protection Policy

2008-01-31 11:24:31 by Geoffrey Turner in Security & Risk Management
 
Last year, Google proposed a $3.1 billion acquisition of Doubleclick , which prompted consideration of the acquisition by the Federal Trade Commission and a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committees subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights. Both the FTC and the Senate were addressing not only anti-trust risks for...
 
Tags: consumer, consumer protection, privacy policy, consumer choice, consumer data, constitutes sensitive data, sensitive data, protection, ftc staff
 
 
 
 
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Our Data, Ourselves

2008-05-15 18:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
In the information age, we all have a data shadow We leave data everywhere we go. It's not just our bank accounts and stock portfolios, or our itemized bills, listing every credit card purchase and telephone call we make. It's automatic road-toll collection systems, supermarket affinity cards, ATMs and so on It's also our lives. Our love letters...
 
Tags: data, medical data, enforce data deletion, data shadow, limit data collection, limit, data banks, data controls, information brokers
 
 
 
 
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Our Data, Ourselves

2008-05-20 13:10:55 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
In the information age, we all have a data shadow We leave data everywhere we go. It's not just our bank accounts and stock portfolios, or our itemized bills, listing every credit card purchase and telephone call we make. It's automatic road-toll collection systems, supermarket affinity cards, ATMs and so on It's also our lives. Our love letters...
 
Tags: data, medical data, enforce data deletion, data shadow, limit data collection, limit, data banks, data controls, information brokers
 
 
 
 
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Whats next in Data Leakage Prevention - Keeping your barrels out of the water

2008-01-07 00:35:00 by Hugh Docherty in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
I recently attended the SANS WhatWorks in Stopping Data Leakage and Insider Threat Summit in Orlando. The Summit included a variety of sessions where vendors, industry experts, and end users talked about their experience with Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) products. There were also plenty of networking opportunities to talk one on one with...
 
Tags: data leakage prevention, data leakage, data, sensitive data resides, sensitive, data-centric approach, dlp, dlp vendors, electronic data
 
 
 
 
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HMRC loses data cartridge that affects 6,548 pensioners

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2007-12-31 23:30:11 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
Technorati Tag: Security Breach Date Reported 12/18/07 Organization HM Customs and Revenue (HMRC Contractor/Consultant/Branch None Victims Countrywide Assured pension customers Number Affected 6,548 Types of Data Names, addresses, dates of birth, national insurance numbers*, and pension contributions equivalent to Social Security numbers...
 
Tags: data, data cartridge, hmrc, lost hmrc cd, prime data, confidential data, hmrc breach, consult hmrc, hmrc encrypts
 
 
 
 
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A Cryptographer and a Data Communications Guy Talk About Risk Management

2008-10-16 15:32:16 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? So these two guys walk into a bar The Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum have an article up on TechTarget/Information Security Magazine called, creatively enough, Bruce Schenier, Marcus Ranum debate risk management Unfortunately, to get to the article, youll have to either already be a subscriber to IT...
 
Tags: risk management, management, risk, engineer risk management, methodologies, risk assessment methodologies, risk models, risk analysts, models