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Legislators to the rescue

2008-03-07 16:19:20 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
 
...legislative changes, although most discussion seems to be focused on consumer protection at this point, not tighter control over lenders In all of these cases, its much easier to see in hindsight what companies could have done to avoid such legislative action. However, I think a case can certainly be made for seriously supporting industry...
 
Tags: curb data theft, massive toy recalls, legislative, regulations, drug trial results, tougher regulations, legislative action, tighter control, industry standards
 
 
 
 
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Daniel Solove on the New FISA Law

2008-07-14 12:08:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Legislative and Judicial Branches. We have extensive surveillance on a mass scale by agencies with hardly any public scrutiny, operating mostly in secret, with very limited judicial oversight, and also with very minimal legislative oversight. Most citizens know little about what is going on, and it will be difficult for them to find out,...
 
Tags: minimal legislative oversight, oversight, law, ensure accountability, accountability, minimal oversight, congress, accountability rarely, legislative
 
 
 
 
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Memo to Next President: How to Get Cyber Security Right

2008-08-07 15:45:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...legislative processes. You're used to finding consensus, but security by consensus rarely works. On the internet, security standards are much worse when they're developed by a consensus body, and much better when someone just does them. This doesn't always work -- a lot of crap security has come from companies that have "just done it" -- but...
 
Tags: security, security standards, improvements, security improvements, information security, cyber security plan, research, government research, national security
 
 
 
 
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Memo to the President

2008-08-12 06:36:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...legislative processes. You're used to finding consensus, but security by consensus rarely works. On the internet, security standards are much worse when they're developed by a consensus body, and much better when someone just does them. This doesn't always work -- a lot of crap security has come from companies that have "just done it" -- but...
 
Tags: security, security standards, improvements, security improvements, information security, research, government research, cyber security plan, national security
 
 
 
 
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Like it or not, more federal workers telecommuting

2008-01-23 00:00:00 by Ann Bednarz in Network World on Security
 
Boosting the ranks of federal employees who telecommute is a slow, sometimes painful process, despite recent legislative efforts to speed up adoption, including the proposed Telework Enhancement Act, which was approved by the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in November
 
Tags: recent legislative efforts, telework enhancement act, governmental affairs committee, homeland security, painful process, federal employees, ranks, telecommute, speed
 
 
 
 
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Patent reform tops BSA's legislative priorities

2008-03-06 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
The Business Software Alliance wants the U.S. Congress to pass a patent reform bill and executives at the trade group say they're optimistic that the legislation will move forward in the Senate soon
 
Tags: business software alliance, patent reform bill, move forward, pass, congress, trade, optimistic, executives, legislation
 
 
 
 
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Obama's Pet Projects: Lasers, Hybrid Hummers

2008-03-13 23:40:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
In addition to the standard fare, Sen. Barack Obama's legislative earmarks, which were released today, include money for laser development and the conversion of military equipment to fuel cells and hybrid power
 
Tags: hybrid power, fuel cells, military equipment, include money, barack obama, standard fare, legislative earmarks, laser development, addition
 
 
 
 
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Visa and Mastercard warn of breach at "major retailer"

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2008-03-17 15:27:42 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...legislative remedies that would change card company rules and require release of the name of the offending retailer, as well as place liability for the costs associated with a breach with the retailer Evan] Seems to me that a law like this passed last year in Minnesota Releasing the name of the retailer would make all of our lives easier and...
 
Tags: breach, breach description, security breach, retail data breach, major retailer, retailer, data, major breach, data breach
 
 
 
 
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Step up, take responsibility - Part 2

2008-03-26 09:29:22 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
Failure to protect your Wi-Fi should not be another legislative opportunity. But LeRoy Myers, a legislator in Maryland, sees his neighbor as a criminal rather than himself as negligent
 
Tags: legislative opportunity, leroy myers, neighbor, legislator, protect, negligent, criminal, failure, wi-fi
 
 
 
 
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Week in review

2007-03-11 07:41:17 by Perry Carpenter in Security Renaissance