India’s Department of Telecommunications has amended the telecom licensing rules for national and international long-distance operators, asking them to address security concerns on their networks. Telecom companies offering national and international long-distance communications services must now have a “well-outlined organizational policy on security and security management of their networks and shall be completely and totally…
Category: Legislation
Designing an Insecure Internet
Julian Sanchez also responds to the morning’s biggest story: If there were any doubt that the 90s are back in style, witness the Obama administration’s attempt to reignite the Crypto Wars by seeking legislation that would force Internet services to redesign their networks and products to provide a centralized mechanism for decrypting user communications. It cannot be stressed…
Changes urged for Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010
Eric Chabrow reports on BankInfoSecurity.com that a number of witnesses testifying yesterday during the Senate hearing on the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2010 urged Congress to exempt groups when breach notification is already mandated by other laws. Of course, their arguments make a certain amount of sense — except for the fact…
FDIC Requires Banks to Adopt Policies on Disposal of Information Stored on Office Equipment
Elizabeth Khalil writes: On September 15th, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued guidance(Financial Institution Letter FIL-56-2010, “FDIC Guidance on Mitigating Risk Posed by Information Stored on Photocopiers, Fax Machines and Printers”) urging banks under its supervision to ensure that they have written policies for the erasure or destruction of sensitive or confidential customer information stored in photocopiers, fax machines,…
Redacting Social Security Numbers from Public Records
Frank Mand reports on Plymouth County’s efforts to redact Social Security Numbers from publicly available records starting with “Book 1989,” the first book of records in which SSN began to appear in real estate records. The Registry is now up to Book 38,792 and – referencing documents in terms of their digital images – there…
Swiss: No assistance in stolen bank data cases
The cabinet has adopted a new ordinance setting out when it will or will not cooperate with other countries requesting assistance in cases of suspected tax crime. In a statement on Wednesday, the government said that requests for administrative assistance would be rejected if they are “based on information which was obtained or forwarded due…