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Risk and Culture

2008-05-21 05:19:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...hold individualist values, for example, proposing it as a solution to global warming makes persons who hold such values more willing to consider evidence that climate change is a serious risk. Because people tend to impute credibility to people who share their values, persons who hold hierarchical and egalitarian values are less likely to...
 
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Stolen account firm laptop contained personal information

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2008-04-28 09:50:55 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...hold victims information for later use Evan] The fact that thieves DO sometimes hold victims' information for later use is important to remember. This is one reason why one year or two year free credit monitoring (a semi-standard offering by breached companies) is a very limited short term response According to a Coos Bay Police press log,...
 
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Wee-Fi: Weekend-Fi in NYC, Oakland County Halts, Helio Sold to Virgin

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2008-06-27 10:33:34 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...hold": For "on hold," read, "never going to be built." The pilot area in seven communities has been turned off, and MichTel has been unable to obtain the $70-odd million they project needed to build out the county-wide service. The state's ongoing reliance on the automotive industry makes it a hard sell to commit public dollars in advance of...
 
Tags: helio, wi-fi approach, wi-fi, virgin, municipal wi-fi division, helio lost hundreds, dollars, oakland county, mvno
 
 
 
 
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Personal Internet Security: follow-up report

2008-07-08 13:05:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...hold a rapid follow-up inquiry to establish whether their conclusions were sound or whether the Government was right to turn them down, and indeed, given the speed of change on the Internet , whether their recommendations were still timely The written responses broadly endorsed the Committees recommendations, with the main areas of...
 
Tags: report, committees report, initial report, short report, internet, committees follow-up report, personal internet security, technology committee, banks
 
 
 
 
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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
...hold of this information for so long. My father is very vulnerable and the thought of a criminal having a computer which contains his personal details, including his address, is very scary. I'm sure the hospital could have acted more quickly Commentary This breach emphasizes the importance of encrypting all sensitive data at rest. Even if...
 
Tags: confidential personal information, personal information, royal bolton hospital, hospital, sensitive personal information, bolton, information, information security, share patient information
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Security Podcast #50

2007-02-19 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Click here to listen/download (09:03 Happy 50th Podcast to us! We celebrate our 50th edition with a special interview with Greg Garcia, Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Telecommunications at the Department of Homeland Security . Garcia is the first to hold this position as appointed by Secretary Michael Chertoff last fall
 
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Speaking of Security #49

2007-02-12 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...hold this position as appointed by Secretary Michael Chertoff last fall
 
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10,501 USAF members informed of missing laptop

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2008-01-01 00:15:46 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...hold of a computer, they can wreck things It's in the best interests of businesses and the government to know as much about us as possible. If a few people get compromised along the way, oh well; it's the cost of doing business Evan] I can see this logic. Actions by organizations seem to support it. Until people take a stand against it, this...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, air force, air force base, laptop, personal information home, usaf band, air force officials, band
 
 
 
 
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Skipton Financial Services personal customer data on stolen laptop

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2008-01-04 22:21:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...hold their vendors, consultants, and contractors to the same security standards as those used within the organization. Customers (data owners) gave Skipton the information and Skipton is responsible for it until it is destroyed. No passing the buck allowed Skipton Financial Services told their customers about the missing data after advice...
 
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More on the necessity of antivirus software

2007-09-25 17:53:47 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...hold Run the Windows Firewall Keep Windows and your applications up-to-date Use current antivirus software Use current antispyware These are good recommendations for organizations, as well But as I've talked about many times in the past, security decisions always involve tradeoffs. They also (should) involve an intimate understanding of what...
 
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