The IAPP published 10 part series on vendor management. A vendor was the cause of both the Target and Home Depot breaches and as I wrote yesterday, a vendor cost USIS at least $2.5 billion in lost business. How good is your vendor management program? Here are a few tips from the series: You may […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]USIS, a firm that used to do background checks for the U.S. Government was hacked in 2013. They did not provide many details of what happened, but the government cancelled $2.5 Billion in contracts and they laid off 2,500 employees. It also pushed the parent company dangerously close to default on $2 Billion in loans […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Many of you are aware that the Customs and Border Patrol has ruled that there is a 200 mile zone inside the U.S. where they can search your belongings without a warrant and without probable cause. The Constitution does give Customs a lot of latitude for searches at the border – much more power than […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As the courts wrestle with technology vs. the Constitution, the process has its up and downs. Last year the 11th circuit ruled that the government could not get cell phone location data without a warrant. That doing so was a violation of your fourth amendment rights. This year the same court overturned last year’s ruling […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Last week the FBI and DoJ testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on IT, asking for an encryption back door (or as the NSA has said they prefer, a front door). They did not get a very welcome reception. In fact, Rep Lieu suggested that they “just follow the damn […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The WSJ is reporting that the bankers who were impacted by the Target and Home Depot breaches are fighting back. Usually, Mastercard and Visa negotiate a deal with the retailer who was breached and then dole out the money to the banks. The money seems to go to the big banks with the small banks […]
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