Posts Tagged 'privacy'

Announcing Social Riskology!

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Announcing Social Riskology!

We know that social networking is an important part of today’s connected lifestyles. We are all increasingly connected through social platforms designed to disseminate information freely and swiftly. The benefits of which are realized by millions daily, many more each day. Social networking has changed the world, brought people together in common purpose and established communities where there were none.

As with many scientific advancements, when the rate of change is rapid, important questions go unanswered.

Over the past few years, how ...

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Privacy by Design

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Privacy by Design

Recently I had the opportunity to attend the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C. where along with Karriem Shakoor, Dave Dobrotka and Vicki Kamenova we led a discussion of privacy in relation to the use of personal mobile devices in a corporate setting.

While there it was impossible to avoid the new buzz term, Privacy by Design, it was similar to attending RSA in 2010 and trying to escape a discussion on cloud computing – good luck. Privacy by design ...

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HIPAA Audits Move Forward

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HIPAA Audits Move Forward

First 20 Organizations Getting Site Visits

Howard Anderson
January 6, 2012

It’s official: The new HIPAA compliance audit program has begun. The 20 organizations selected for the initial test phase of the program are preparing for site visits in the coming weeks, federal regulators confirm. After that, about 130 more organizations will face audits later this year.

For those who believed that the audits would focus only on larger organizations, security consultant Mac McMillan has some news: That’s not the case. McMillan is ...

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Three Tips for Protecting Employee Privacy

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Three Tips for Protecting Employee Privacy

In an effort to accommodate personal preferences and flexibility, companies are increasingly allowing employees to use personal devices for corporate use. This practice blurs the barrier between personal and business content and as such introduces risks to individual privacy. Does your corporate backup strategy infringe on the rights of your employees? Could you invade personal privacy during a forensic investigation? Do your security procedures protect what they should? Join in a discussion exploring three top risks to employee privacy as ...

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Risks in the Cloud

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Risks in the Cloud

Recently an IT leader shared one of his IT objectives with me, establish a variable cost model that correlates to definable IT characteristics, for example, membership. As membership decreases, so too should operational expense. It sounds like cloud computing to me: buy a service when you need it, use exactly what you need and use it right away.

We have all heard that cloud computing is risky, but why?

About a year ago I met with a local cloud provider who took ...

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