Tag: Information security

Computer Use Policies – Are Your Company’s Illegal According to the NLRB?

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has continued its assault on businesses and their ability to legitimately protect their computer systems and information against unauthorized non-business use by employees. A few weeks ago, I wrote 3 Important Points on Computer Policies in which I stressed (1) why your company must have them but (2) that…

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The Nature of Cybersecurity and Strategies for Unprecedented Cyber Attacks

What is foreseeable is that cyber attacks often are not. A few years ago the Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) hack turned on its head the business world that was already trying to come to grips with the Target, Home Depot, Neiman Marcus, and many other data breaches. There was one thing about the SPE breach…

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Apple’s Legal Response in Less Than 300 Words #AppleVsFBI

On February 25, 2016, Apple filed its Motion to Vacate the Court Order requiring it to assist the government. Here is a summary of Apple’s *legal arguments* in its Motion to Vacate in less than 300 words: The government wants Apple to help it circumvent the encryption on a device. Congress has examined the issue and…

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The “Legal” Reason the FBI’s Password Blunder Could Kill its Case in #AppleVsFBI

On December 6, 2015, FBI investigators reset the password of Farook’s iCloud account, taking what it believed was the logical next step to gain access to the iCloud backup data. Turns out, that was the wrong move. The phone had not been backed up in nearly 2 months and, had FBI not reset the password,…

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Making Sense of #AppleVsFBI Issues: #DtSR Podcast

The USA v. Apple battle is one of the hottest issues currently being debated in cybersecurity, privacy, law enforcement, and perhaps even, water coolers in offices around the country. What the debate is lacking in substantive, factually-based, well-reasoned analysis, it certainly makes up for in passion and strong opinions. If you are not convinced, spend…

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UPDATE (FBI admits): #AppleVsFBI – Just 1 iPhone? In 1977 it was Just 1 Pen Register

The law develops by the process of incrementalism. That is, it is a slow, gradual development, step by tiny step. In the United States, judicial decisions that fill the gaps in between the constitutional and statutory law and helps those bodies of law evolve. Each case sets a precedent, or foundation, upon which the reasoning for…

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The #1 Reason NIST Cybersecurity Framework is Becoming the Standard

An article in eCommerce Times offers a well-reasoned argument for why the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Cybersecurity Framework is the guiding force in shaping the United States’ federal cybersecurity strategy: NIST Risk-Assessment Framework Shapes Federal Cybersecurity Strategy You should read it — but only after you read the following explanation because it is…

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