OK. so, I can't resist commenting on this breaking news and I'm looking forward to seeing where it ends up. It has a little bit of everything in it - potential invasion of privacy, allegations of hacking, accusations of adultery,…
It has been a long year, but the weeks on the road have paid gastronomic dividends. Gems uncovered, old standards revisited, experiments gone bad. Congratulations to this year's winners. Best Dish Fresh Trout Luncheon Special, Mac's Old House, Antioch CA…
Year end is always a great time to reflect and assess resolutions, improvements and goals, which makes me think about major improvements banks and financial organizations have made towards security in the last year. Most companies are doing everything they…
Have a fresh Microsoft Windows 2003 or 2008 domain just deployed and don't know where to start? Inherited a potentially questionable domain and looking for some basic things to check? Already know what you're doing and want a sanity-check? Here…
Performing security assessments for our clients, not only brings us around the globe, but also provides a global view of effective security processes. Here are the key attributes we see in our clients that are successfully managing security risk: process,…
Designing an effective Information Security Program is a process that requires a thorough knowledge of your assets (what you're protecting) and the threat sources (the type of entity that might try to get it). Understanding these two factors is foundational…
HHS delivered an early Christmas present today with its announcement that registration for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) system incentive programs opens on January 3rd. Blumenthal, head of the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health…
In the post-9/11 world, disparate government agencies took flack for their need-to-know data sharing policies. To improve intelligence efforts, a need-to-share policy was employed, ideally resulting in more efficient communication and flow of inter-agency information. A need-to-share policy, however, also…
