Congressman Twitters Security Breach

Even with the best policies and practices in place, everything hinges on the end user. This weekend, Congressman Hoekstra Twittered secret Iraqi travel plans, showing how easily private information is disseminated and security may be [...]

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CSI and Information Security – searching for the perfect evidence?

Eveyone’s either watched or at least heard of CSI – Crime Scene Investigation. With the spin-offs, there are three out of five nights a week in Prime Time where you may learn about trace evidence, bullet trajectories, and splatter patterns. It’s been such a phenomenon that Criminal Justice is the most popular/fastest growing new major in colleges.

One thing that comes up every now and again on the show surrounds evidence and collection; someone kicks a gun out of position, forgets to wear gloves while picking something up, or there was a fire due to someone’s carelessness. During the trial, while [...]

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eDiscovery – Could the obvious approach put too much private information into one spot?

Electronic Discovery, or eDiscovery, is the digital analog to a court request for documents and files pertaining to a proceeding. As with anything digital, the courts expect discovery times in days and weeks, versus the months (years) given for paper files. Punishments for failure to produce could be regulatory, legislative, or may even include court based consequences such as contempt charges. In a recent survey by Information Security Magazine, only 28 percent of respondents knew how they would handle an eDiscovery request. Even knowing where to look seems a daunting task. I have trouble at [...]

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