Patricia Hurtado and Bob Van Voris report: Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer Sergey Aleynikov, accused of stealing trading software from the bank, won dismissal of a count of unauthorized computer access, one of three charges he faces….. [U.S. District Judge Denise] Cote said that because Aleynikov was authorized to work on Goldman’s software…
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Ie: Behind the scenes and inside workings of a CERT
Regular contributor Brian Honan was interviewed by Help Net Security’s Mirko Zorz: Brian Honan is the founder and head of Ireland’s first Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) team as well as owner of BH Consulting. In this interview he discusses the inside workings of Ireland’s CERT and how it was formed. This particular CERT differs…
Patient Consent: A Closer Look
Deven McGraw of CDT was interviewed by HealthcareInfoSecurity.com: Detailed patient consent recommendations that a privacy and security “tiger team” recently completed are just a starting point toward giving patients far more control over their healthcare information, the co-chair of the team acknowledges. In an interview, attorney Deven McGraw says the recommendations, which federal regulators are…
Peel pushes for 'informed consent' over every element of patient data
Neil Versel writes: Depending on your point of view, Dr. Deborah Peel and her Patient Privacy Rights Foundation either continue to rail against the national push for EHRs or take further steps to hold policymakers honest. (We’re not going to go as far as ZDNet Healthcare’s Dana Blankenhorn, who recently called Peel a “Luddite” whose…
Delaware retiree sues Aon, citing “irreparable harm” (UPDATE)
From Courthouse News: Aon Consulting disclosed online the names and Social Security numbers of 22,000 state retirees, a class action claims in New Castle County Court. The class claims Aon did not bother to scrub personal information before posting online a request for proposals from insurers. “Gail Slaughter’s identity is likely for sale on the…
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I decided to give Twitter a try, so look for @PogoWasRight on Twitter where I’ll be tweeting about some of the privacy and breach news covered on PogoWasRight.org, PHIprivacy.net, and DataBreaches.net, as well as miscellaneous civil liberties issues of concern to me. If you’re not on my “following” list yet, please don’t take offense. I’m…