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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
 
...personal information in public places, to prove that no harm will come, or that their solution will protect against any possible misuse. One person to do this recently, in response to the data loss by HM Revenue and Customs is Jeremy Clarkson , a TV broadcaster specializing in cars. Despite having no background in finance and fraud, he...
 
Tags: data, data protection laws, data breach, easy data, lost, protection, account, lost valuable time, bank account
 
 
 
 
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Biometrics

2009-01-08 12:53:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...person on the other end doesn't know that the signature isn't valid because he didn't see it fixed onto the page. Remote logins by fingerprint fail in the same way. If there's no way to verify the print came from an actual reader, not from a stored computer file, the system is much less secure A more secure system is to use a fingerprint to...
 
Tags: biometric systems, biometric, biometric database, hard biometric, biometrics, fingerprint reader, fingerprint, biometric identification system, vastly improve security
 
 
 
 
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Red Herring Fallacies: The Straw Man Argument

2008-08-07 09:40:11 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...Person A has position X 2. Person B ignores X and instead presents position Y Y is a distorted version of X and can be set up in several ways, including Presenting a misrepresentation of the opponents position and then refuting it, thus giving the appearance that the opponents actual position has been refuted Quoting an opponents words out of...
 
Tags: position, defend position, easily refutable position, opponents position, position simply, position poorly, cep engine, cep, attacks position
 
 
 
 
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Be careful what you ask for.

2007-12-08 21:43:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...person can covertly record a conversation that they are having with another person. They do not need the other person's permission when it is done in a "one party" State A "one party" State is exactly as it sounds. It means that as long as one person gives their permission (the person making the recording), it is perfectly legal to record...
 
Tags: professional investigators association, investigators, professional investigators, law, law firms alike, person, ethical, ethical companies, illegal
 
 
 
 
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Adware Spyware Remover from Trend Micro Systems

2007-08-01 19:23:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...person will only notice something amiss when it is too late Some people have the habit of opening email from strangers. This should never be done because it is like opening Pandoras box and the person will just suffer for it Emails from strangers can be thrown in the junk mail, certain sites can be avoided. Somehow, hackers are still able...
 
Tags: adware spyware, adware, adware spyware remover, remover, spyware, trend microsystems free, free, trend microsystems, computer
 
 
 
 
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...personal data such as name, citizenship, age, Social Security number and place of birth, which is required when a person fills out a passport application Breach Description The passport files of all three major presidential candidates were breached by unauthorized searches by four employees, the State Department said yesterday, prompting...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees
 
 
 
 
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Five stolen Florida Department of Children and Families laptops

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2008-01-04 10:12:20 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...personal information belonging to thousands of day-care workers in Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties Reference URL The Orlando Sentinel Story Report Credit Dave Weber, The Orlando Sentinel Response From the source cited above Social Security numbers, birth dates and other information about day-care workers in Orange, Seminole and...
 
Tags: agency, law enforcement agency, law, confidential information, information, confidential personal information, law enforcement led, laptops, sensitive personal information
 
 
 
 
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Why you nearly need a P.I. to help you hire a private investigator

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2008-03-01 20:28:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...person tells you their company does international work or because he calls the company Smith Worldwide Protection. Ask for references. Most of the time, clients need to remain confidential, so ask for the name of the Chamber of Commerce to which they belong. Call up the Chamber, or the investigation association or the State Agency where they...
 
Tags: local, professional associations local, local security company, company, illegal company, choose company, exspensive company, guards company, security company
 
 
 
 
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The importance of choosing the right security team to "watch your back".

2008-03-24 00:45:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...personal protection specialist, there are things that you can do, other than resorting to violence We teach common sense principles at our executive protection course and one of our readers, Cory, made me realize that we should probably be mentioning those ideas here so that readers will get the other side of the story For those just...
 
Tags: security person, over-zealous security person, nicole kidman, professional security company, common sense principles, true professionals behave, recent bad press, personal protection specialist, recent kidman
 
 
 
 
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