Elie
JULY 11, 2016
Here are the 5 ways I bulletproof my credit cards against identity theft, and you can use them yourself very easily. As a bonus, at the end of the post I have added an experimental step to defend against the recent chip downgrading attack.
ForAllSecure
JULY 26, 2016
By David Brumley. In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. I sat down, thought hard about what I had learned from graduate school, and tried to figure out what to do next. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. She would go on to win a MacArthur "Genius" Award in 2010. She's a hard act to follow.
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Hunton Privacy
JULY 26, 2016
On July 20, 2016, the French Data Protection Authority (“CNIL”) announced that it issued a formal notice to Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) about Windows 10, ordering Microsoft to comply with the French Data Protection Act within three months. Background. Following the launch of Microsoft’s new operation system, Windows 10, in July 2015, the CNIL was alerted by the media and political parties that Microsoft could collect excessive personal data via Windows 10.
Roger's Information Security
JULY 8, 2016
I received the following voicemail on my home number today. “The reason of this call is to inform you that the IRS is filing lawsuit against you to get more information about this case file. Please call immediately on our department number 347-637-6615. I repeat 347-637-6615. Thank you.” While tax season is the high season for this particular scam, “The IRS is filling a lawsuit against you” strikes fear into the heart of the recipient any time of year.
Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage
Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.
Brandeis Records Manager
JULY 28, 2016
George Despres, CRM. Program Director for University Records Management, Brandeis University. (The content in this blog reflects the opinions of the author, and not of Brandeis University.). A colleague at another university recently polled a listserv group of records managers in Higher Ed. The survey probed the records management programs’ locations within the organization.
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CGI
JULY 28, 2016
Key criteria to consider in choosing a cloud migration partner. natalya.kalina…. Thu, 07/28/2016 - 03:46. Many organizations are seeking to reduce their legacy IT spend and re-invest the savings into digital enabling technologies like cloud computing to drive business agility, transformation and overall competiveness. Their aging IT infrastructures have become too expensive and time consuming to maintain, and the key technologies supporting their business are reaching end of life or end of maint
ForAllSecure
JULY 16, 2016
In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. I sat down, thought hard about what I had learned from graduate school, and tried to figure out what to do next. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. She would go on to win a MacArthur "Genius" Award in 2010. She's a hard act to follow. I was constantly reminded of this because, by some weird twist of fate, I was given her office when she moved from CMU to Berkeley.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 1, 2016
On June 30, 2016, a joint committee composed of representatives from both chambers of the French Parliament (“Joint Committee”) reached a common position on the French ‘Digital Republic’ Bill that rejects the data localization amendment previously approved by the French Senate, but significantly amends other aspects of the French Data Protection Act.
JKevinParker
JULY 5, 2016
I was one of four experts interviewed by RecordLion for a virtual roundtable of Information Governance experts. Here's a sample: Question: "How do you define information governance?". My answer: First, it is important to start with Information Strategy followed by Information Architecture. Strategy asks “What are we trying to accomplish, and what are the critical success factors?
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Robert's Db2
JULY 28, 2016
This is another of my DB2 for z/OS blog entries motivated by a desire to clear up a matter about which there is some misunderstanding in the DB2 community. In this case, the misunderstanding concerns the CLOSE option of the CREATE and ALTER statements for DB2 for z/OS table spaces and indexes. The confusion here, as I've encountered it, is mainly related to differences between "soft close" and "hard close" of DB2 data sets (table spaces or indexes, or partitions of same if the objects are partit
Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
JULY 13, 2016
The European Commission yesterday issued an adequacy decision adopting the EU-US Privacy Shield, which replaces Safe Harbor as a framework […].
CGI
JULY 28, 2016
Order, Order: Why the UK court system is ready for transformational change…. shobana.lv@cgi.com. Thu, 07/28/2016 - 05:17. The UK Criminal Justice System is suffering a crisis of public perception. A Citizens Advice study in 2015 found that one in five people who had been involved in the UK court system left with a worse opinion than when they entered it.
ForAllSecure
JULY 16, 2016
In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. I sat down, thought hard about what I had learned from graduate school, and tried to figure out what to do next. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. She would go on to win a MacArthur "Genius" Award in 2010. She's a hard act to follow. I was constantly reminded of this because, by some weird twist of fate, I was given her office when she moved from CMU to Berkeley.
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Hunton Privacy
JULY 26, 2016
On July 26, 2016, Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, the Chairwoman of the Article 29 Working Party of data protection regulators, announced that EU data protection regulators will not challenge the adequacy of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”) for at least one year ( i.e. , until after summer 2017). The European Commission is scheduled to conduct a mandatory review of the adequacy of the Privacy Shield by May 2017.
JKevinParker
JULY 20, 2016
Check out the new promo video for InfoGovCon 2016 ! I'm excited to be one of the speakers for this exciting event. You should come! Learn more at: www.InfoGovCon.com.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 4, 2016
On June 28, 2016, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) released its Annual Report for 2015 -2016 (the “Report”). According to the Report, the ICO has dealt with an increase in the number of data protection concerns, handling 16,388 complaints in total. Particularly noteworthy is the £130,000 fine imposed on Pharmacy 2U for breach of the fair processing requirements under the UK Data Protection Act 1998.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 29, 2016
On July 25, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) released their respective Opinions regarding the review of Directive 2002/58/EC on privacy and electronic communications (the “ePrivacy Directive”). Both the Working Party and the EDPS stressed that new rules should complement the protections available under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
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Hunton Privacy
JULY 20, 2016
This post has been updated. . On July 14, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) cannot be compelled to turn over customer emails stored abroad to U.S. law enforcement authorities. As we previously reported , in April 2014 a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Microsoft must release user data to U.S. law enforcement when issued a search warrant under the Stored Communications Act (“SCA”),
Hunton Privacy
JULY 14, 2016
On July 14, 2016, the Federal Trade Commission issued warning letters to 28 companies relating to apparent false claims of participation in the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules (“CBPR”). The warning letters state that the companies’ websites represent APEC CBPR certification even though the companies do not appear to have undertaken the necessary steps to claim certification, such as a review and approval process by an APEC-recognized Accountability Agent.
CGI
JULY 28, 2016
La conformité à la loi américaine sur la transparence des données ouvre la voie à de nouvelles possibilités en matière d’utilisation des données. pallavi.m@cgi.com. Thu, 07/28/2016 - 07:04. Reconnaissant l’importance que revêt la transparence fiscale ainsi que la complexité et la diversité des sources de financement du gouvernement fédéral des États-Unis, le Congrès américain a adopté la loi sur la responsabilité et la transparence numériques (« Digital Accountability and Transparency Act » ou
Hunton Privacy
JULY 28, 2016
On July 26, 2016, the White House unveiled Presidential Policy Directive PPD-41 (“PPD-41”), Subject: United States Cyber Incident Coordination, which sets forth principles for federal responses to cyber incidents approved by the National Security Council (“NCS”). Coming on the heels of several high-profile federal breaches, including the Office of Personnel Management’s loss of security clearance information and the hack of over 700,000 IRS accounts, PPD-41 is a component of President Obama’s Cy
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The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 28, 2016
On July 21, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) entered into resolution agreements with two large public health centers, Oregon Health & Science University (“OHSU”) and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (“UMMC”), over alleged HIPAA violations. OHSU. Following the submission of multiple breach notification reports by OHSU in 2013, OCR investigated and found “evidence of widespread vulnerabilities within OHSU’s HIPAA compliance pro
Hunton Privacy
JULY 27, 2016
On July 25, 2016, Lisa Sotto , partner and head of the Global Privacy and Cybersecurity practice at Hunton & Williams LLP, was interviewed on KUCI 88.9 FM radio’s Privacy Piracy show. Lisa discussed the changing regulatory landscape, information security enforcement actions, the threat actors who attack companies’ data and how to manage the aftermath of a data breach.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 26, 2016
On July 12, 2016, after months of negotiations and criticism, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”) was officially adopted by the European Commission and the Department of Commerce. Similar to the Safe Harbor, companies must certify their compliance with the seven principles comprising the Privacy Shield to use the Shield as a valid data transfer mechanism.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 26, 2016
On July 26, 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that it has launched a new website that provides individuals and companies with additional information regarding the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”). Among other things, the website provides information about complying with, and self-certifying to, the Privacy Shield’s principles.
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Hunton Privacy
JULY 20, 2016
On July 19, 2016, Advocate General Saugmandsgaard Oe (“Advocate General”), published his Opinion on two joined cases relating to data retention requirements in the EU, C-203/15 and C-698/15. These cases were brought following the Court of Justice for the European Union’s (“CJEU’s”) decision in the Digital Rights Ireland case, which invalidated Directive 2006/24/EC on data retention.
ForAllSecure
JULY 16, 2016
In 2008 I started as a new assistant professor at CMU. I sat down, thought hard about what I had learned from graduate school, and tried to figure out what to do next. My advisor in graduate school was Dawn Song , one of the top scholars in computer security. She would go on to win a MacArthur "Genius" Award in 2010. She's a hard act to follow. I was constantly reminded of this because, by some weird twist of fate, I was given her office when she moved from CMU to Berkeley.
Hunton Privacy
JULY 12, 2016
On July 12, 2016, the EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, V?ra Jourová, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the formal adoption of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (the “Privacy Shield”) framework, composed of an Adequacy Decision and accompanying Annexes. The Privacy Shield is designed to protect the fundamental rights of individuals whose personal data is transferred to the U.S. and ensure legal certainty for businesses with respect to transatlantic transf
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