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Tag: Information security
The Most Important Lesson You Are Not Hearing About Apple’s iOS FaceTime Glitch
The most important lesson about Apple’s iOS group FaceTime debacle that you are not hearing about should be a wake up call for everyone (Tuma explains this glitch on WFLA in Tampa, FL): If Apple, through a programming glitch, has the ability to allow someone to use your iOS device as a microphone to listen…
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Come to our session at #PSR18 – Vendor Risk Management: Maintaining Relationships While Limiting Liability
Are you at IAPP – International Association of Privacy Professionals P.S.R. #PSR18 in Austin? If so, please come to our Thursday 10:30 – 11:30 session on Vendor Risk Management: Maintaining Relationships While Limiting Liability in Lone Star Ballroom A, Level 3. It should be great as I get to be with great panelists Tami Dokken and Melissa Krasnow and we will have Mark Smith as our…
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5 Key Things In-House Counsel Can Do to Help Their Businesses’ Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a team sport and many people within a business must work together to help effectively manage their businesses’ cyber risk. In-house counsel plays a critical role in this process. A recent Law360 article (subscription required) identified the following key things they can do: Develop, implement, and table-top test an incident response plan Advise…
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Happy Data Privacy Day!
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO OBSERVE IT? Today is Data Privacy Day! If you have been wondering “what is Data Privacy Day?” then this is your lucky day because not only is today Data Privacy Day, but here is the answer and an explanation for why it really matters to you and your company’s future…
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The Most Positive Cybersecurity Trend I Have Seen in Nearly 20 Years!
In the last quarter of 2017, I have observed a cybersecurity trend that has given me more hope than any that I have seen previously. Let me explain. As an attorney, I have been practicing what can generally be described as cyber law or cybersecurity law since 1999, which means that my practice has evolved a lot…
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Tips for Staying #CyberSecure While Shopping Online for #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday Deals
Cybercriminals need shopping money for the Holidays and one of their favorite times to get yours is when you are shopping on #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday. Use these tips to help stay #cybersecure while shopping online for #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday and at any other time: Credit or debit? Use credit cards, not debit cards, for your online…
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FUD and Voting Machine Hacking: An Important Point and Important Lesson
This morning I am doing radio interviews as a Fox News Radio contributor. My topic? The DEFCON Voting Village demonstration of hacking voting machines that have been, or may currently be, used in US elections. Here are a couple of the news stories if you are unfamiliar: Hacking a US electronic voting booth takes less than…
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OCR Issues Cyberattack Response Checklist and Infographic
The United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has just issued a checklist and infographic to aid healthcare organizations and their vendors in quickly responding to cyberattacks in compliance with HIPAA requirements.
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WHDT World News Interviews Shawn Tuma about WikiLeaks’ CIA Vault7
See also: WIKILEAKS’ VAULT7 CIA HACKING TOOLS RELEASE CONUNDRUM: THE POLITICIZATION OF INTELLIGENCE WIKILEAKS AND CIA’S RUSSIAN HACKING TOOLS & TECHNIQUES: WAS IT REALLY THE RUSSIANS?
