March 12, 2010 12:59 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
data security,
information securityComes the latest news via CSOOnline:
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts experienced a computer security incident in late 2009. As a result of that incident, an unauthorized user may have gained access to credit card...
March 6, 2010 3:59 AM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
DataManagement,
Eigen's Rules of Thumb,
information security,
TCMThe Wyndham chain of hotels includes Ramada, Days Inn, Super8, Howard Johnson and Travelodge. None of which I have stayed at in the last year, and frankly, I am really glad.
Not one, not two but three breaches have been disclosed to the public by Wyndham management in the last year. Because they...
March 2, 2010 6:18 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
Heads Up,
information security,
programmingA new alert came out from Microsoft on March 1st.
When a user is online with Internet Explorer, they have to press the F1 function key when a pop-up is displayed. Not that users commonly use this key in IE, but some...
February 26, 2010 7:25 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
DataManagement,
Identity theft,
information security,
information security policy,
medical identity theftThe Department of Health and Human Services has posted a list of the covered entities, (i.e., those that come under HIPAA regulations) that have reported health information data breaches...
February 25, 2010 6:39 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
data security,
Database security,
information securityI've visited any number of schools, higher education and universities in the last five years that have been suffering from the "Open Campus" syndrome.
Fundamentally, it's an attitude on the part of students, teachers/professors and management that their environment won't be "really" damaged by...
February 15, 2010 6:33 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
Digital Forensics,
Forensics,
information security,
Stupid TechnologyI'm sure you've noticed the usual plethora of "studies" about 2009 erupting from various security vendors. Some are good, some are barely concealed pitches for product.
Looking over about a dozen of the above, I gleaned some significant facts that might be useful to both admins and...
February 10, 2010 7:47 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
data security,
Hardware & InfoSecIt's worthwhile to consider the printers, copiers and scanners (or all 3 together - multi-function devices) on your network. How many of your printers allow open access? Open ports? Can I telnet to your printers?
Why worry? Why bother? Well, if you google
January 21, 2010 5:36 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
information security,
IT SecurityI'm sure you've heard about the Chinese hack into Google, and there's some interesting goings-on behind the scenes to identify and fix the hack,...
January 1, 2010 1:47 AM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
ACH Fraud,
Banking Fraud,
Data Breaches,
data security,
information security,
Tearing My Hair OutThe Federal authorities and the American Banking Association have issued an alert to small and medium-sized businesses to use a dedicated PC for banking.
"The alert advises businesses to dedicate a single computer for online banking activity that is never used for reading e-mail or surfing...
