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Dr Beetroot and the Stolen Records

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2007-08-27 14:15:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
...newspaper is the most popular weekly newspaper in South Africa and they published an article that hinted very strongly that the minister was an alcoholic without actually saying it outright. They worked this out because of evidence that came from her medical records when she was in hospital and had alcohol when she was not supposed to The...
 
Tags: sunday times, sunday times newspaper, records, information security, information, sunday times controversy, newspaper, public hospital, medical records
 
 
 
 
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Highly sensitive medical information found in the road

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2008-01-10 14:11:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...newspaper Evan] I'm a little concerned with whether or not the local newspaper is the correct place to go with the sensitive information A Kingston Hospital spokeswoman said test results were only recognisable by a unique number but said all patients would receive written apologies Evan] This mitigates the risk. Hopefully only authorized...
 
Tags: sensitive medical information, information, kingston hospital, hospital, test results, hepatitis test results, data protection breach, breach, kingston hospital spokeswoman
 
 
 
 
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Highlighting the importance of data privacy... one person at a time

2008-01-11 09:29:07 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
 
...newspaper column trying to diminish the idea that harm could come from the data breach. And that has come back to haunt him, as someone set up an automatic debit from his account of 500 GBP a month to be given to charity. My favorite part of the story is his new attitude We must go after the idiots who lost the discs and stick cocktail sticks...
 
Tags: data, data protection laws, data breach, easy data, lost, protection, account, lost valuable time, bank account
 
 
 
 
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Wee-Fi: The New Muni-Fi; Akron Ecstatic; State Park-Fi; Transport-Fi

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2008-04-11 12:43:00 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...newspaper owned by the Knight family. [link via Daniel McKimm Parks across the U.S.--about 194 of 3,208--have Wi-Fi, but why? This USA Today article enumerates what parks in which states offer Internet access, but are hard-pressed to explain why it's useful. I do like the idea myself of having a lifeline back to people and information even...
 
Tags: akron, foundation, knight foundation, offer internet access, internet access, project, center, knight center, communities
 
 
 
 
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Whats Up With the Washington Posts Biz Section Coverage of Local Business?

2008-05-23 21:26:02 by David Link in ScienceLogic
 
...newspapers publisher and the fifth member of the Graham newspaper dynasty to hold that title since her great-grandfather, Eugene Meyer, bought The Post at a bankruptcy sale in 1933 During the first intermission, I spoke with a Post journalist who covered the business section about my perspective on the reasonably horrible job the Post has...
 
Tags: business, post business section, business section, post, post daily delivery, business leaders, post journalist, local business community, blog post
 
 
 
 
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Whats Up With the Washington Posts Biz Section Coverage of Local Business?

2008-05-23 21:26:02 by David Link in ScienceLogic
 
...newspapers publisher and the fifth member of the Graham newspaper dynasty to hold that title since her great-grandfather, Eugene Meyer, bought The Post at a bankruptcy sale in 1933 During the first intermission, I spoke with a Post journalist who covered the business section about my perspective on the reasonably horrible job the Post has...
 
Tags: business, post business section, business section, post, post daily delivery, business leaders, post journalist, local business community, blog post
 
 
 
 
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Whats Up With the Washington Posts Biz Section Coverage of Local Business?

2008-05-23 21:26:02 by David Link in ScienceLogic
 
...newspapers publisher and the fifth member of the Graham newspaper dynasty to hold that title since her great-grandfather, Eugene Meyer, bought The Post at a bankruptcy sale in 1933 During the first intermission, I spoke with a Post journalist who covered the business section about my perspective on the reasonably horrible job the Post has...
 
Tags: business, post business section, business section, post, post daily delivery, business leaders, post journalist, local business community, blog post
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...newspaper is hardly valuable tomorrow, but the content of newspaper two days ahead (if can be procured)would be invaluable. Data relevance is a function of time and other marketplace variables - Data freshness Factor accounts for that variable. A good way to discourage data thief is to increase his/her cost to steal the data. There are other...
 
Tags: data owner perspective, data owner, data, thief, owner, data freshness factor, data protection costs, discourage data thief, protect data
 
 
 
 
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Swedish Army Loses Classified Information on Memory Stick

2008-01-09 13:46:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...newspaper, Aftonbladet, turned the stick over to the Armed Forces on Thursday. The paper's editorial office obtained the memory stick from an individual who discovered it in a public computer center in Stockholm An employee of the Armed Forces has reported that the misplaced USB memory stick belongs to him. The employee contacted his superior...
 
Tags: stick, memory stick, public computer center, computer, public computer, information, armed forces, swedish army, stick belongs