Be forewarned: I will not allow the comments section for this post to be used as a political platform on Obamacare. Comments about whether government should consider past breaches or problems in awarding government contracts for jobs involving personally identifiable information are welcome. Jaikumar Vijayan reports: Two of the contractors involved in developing the Affordable…
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UK: Government and ISPs working together to improve customers’ data security
From Out-Law.com: In response to a report into e-crime (19-page / 286KB PDF) by Parliament’s Home Affairs Committee, the Home Office said that it recognised that a lack of consumer awareness about cyber crime was helping criminals to prosper online and steal customer information. The Home Office said, though, that it was taking steps to address…
Two NBC Sports laptops stolen from unattended car
If you follow me on Twitter and thought I was mad at NBC Sports over their coverage of Formula One (F1) racing, that may pale in comparison to how some others may be feeling this week after they’ve received a breach notification letter from NBC Sports. It seems that two of NBC Sports’ laptops were…
Half Of Federal Agency Security Breaches Caused By Lack Of User Compliance
MeriTalk, a public-private partnership focused on improving the outcomes of government IT, today announced the results of its new report, “Cyber Security Experience: Cyber Security Pros from Mars; Users from Mercury.” The study, underwritten by Akamai Technologies, Inc. , compares what cyber security professionals report about their agency’s security with what end users – Federal…
Woman found with 1,000 identities charged with 62 felonies
I was reading a news story about a criminal case involving ID theft, where many of the documents with personal information may have been obtained from car burglaries, when I came across this: Police discovered about 1,000 identities along with forged documents at the two locations, prosecutors said. “Chaplin had such a large amount of…
Report indicates insider threats leading cause of data breaches in last 12 months
Grant Hatchimonji writes: While threats to data security and privacy are often perceived to come from the outside, all signs point to internal threats being just as dangerous, intentional or not. Forrester recently released its Understand the State of Data Security and Privacy report, which offered insight on the reasons behind data breaches, with internal…