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Legislating Social Privacy
July 30, 2010
There’s a great deal of talk these days about privacy and social media. Specifically, services like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other popular social networking platforms are coming under increased scrutiny over their privacy policies and data sharing practices. Permalink

When Privileged Access is no longer a Privilege
July 19, 2010
I just read an interesting multi-part investigative report in the Washington Post about how intelligence gathering – and the bureaucracy that has risen since September 11, 2001 to facilitate the harvest and analysis of that information – has spun beyond the federal government’s control, not to mention its ability to make use of the sheer abundance of information. Permalink

Information Governance in the Cloud
July 15, 2010
Just a brief note to bring our recent webinar to your attention. I presented Information Governance in the Cloud along with the good people at Symantec. Permalink

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Training Is the Strongest Link

December 10, 2009

Today we held a RIM College event featuring three noted experts in corporate privacy training programs -- namely, Dean Forbes (Merck), Bob Posch (Merck) and John Block (Media Pro). Our focus is: what are leading companies doing to achieve awareness and knowledge about privacy and data protection requirements? To minimize insider threats within the corporate environment, I believe there is nothing more important that educating the workforce. Despite its importance, our Institute's benchmark results suggest ...more

Posted by Dr. Larry Ponemon at 3:50 pm
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Use What Works to Create a Culture of Privacy

December 20, 2009

I was in an industrial facility recently and noticed large banners on the walls proclaiming “12 Years without a Safety Incident.” I also saw certificates honoring individual employees who had eclipsed certain thresholds without a time-lost safety event. It struck me that this is the kind of simple program that privacy and compliance officers can use as a model to create a “culture of privacy” throughout the entire employee community and instill a basic ...more

Posted by Mike Spinney at 12:03 pm
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Global Data Breach Costs Examined for First Time

April 28, 2010

Without a doubt the Ponemon Institute’s most popular study is our Annual Cost of a Data Breach study, a case study analysis of U.S. data loss incidents of varying size and cause, affecting a representative sampling of industries. Because we examine the actual costs incurred by companies as a result of discovering and responding to a data breach, we believe our figures are an accurate measure of the potentially devastating financial impact following a data breach. ...more

Posted by Mike Spinney at 12:13 pm
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Oil Spills and Data Drills

June 20, 2010

My heart sinks day by day as I watch events unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico. I doubt if anyone can begin to comprehend the potential extent of the devastation taking place as a result of the catastrophe. That massive oil leak is despoiling not only the visible beauty of the Gulf – water, beaches, marshes, wildlife – but is likely to result in enormous and long lasting damage to the region’s fragile ecology and economy as ...more

Posted by Mike Spinney at 1:06 pm
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