Your Ethical And Legal Duties When Using Wireless Networks
As originally published on Forbes on December 12, 2011. The cat-and-mouse relationship between technology and the law requires attorneys to examine how their use of new technologies triggers professional duties and responsibilities. This article will focus on attorneys’ use of wireless networks in particular, which is the focus of the The State of California Standing.. read more →
Data Security and Identity Access Management
As originally published in Forbes on December 7, 2011. Data security is too often discussed at the macro level of data slicing, virtualization, and issues related to public vs. private clouds – extremely important concerns. I have been guilty of this, and of focusing on corporate firewalls and security concerns that arise outside of them (see above)... read more →
Names to Know in Big Data: Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
As originally published in Forbes on October 25, 2011. Pairing Big Data with business intelligence (“BI” or analytics) is revolutionizing the business world in profound ways and at a dizzying pace. In terms of pure volume, the latest IDC Digital Universal Study reports that more than 1.8 zettabytes—10 to the power of 21 bytes—of information will be.. read more →
Names You Need To Know in Data Security: Cleversafe
As originally published in Forbes on September 30, 2011. How big is Big Data? According to technology advisory firm IDC, the world’s data in 2007 totaled nearly exabytes. One exabyte equals 1018 bytes. To put that in perspective, GMail allows you to send attachments totaling “only” 25 gigabytes (25 billion bytes), a huge allowance but still small.. read more →
Managing Information Risk and Archiving Social Media
As originally published in Forbes on September 28, 2011. Imagine a simple scenario. Jane Doe, a disgruntled employee at a multi-billion dollar mineral spring water company (A), sends out the following tweet from her work station and the marketing department’s Twitter account, which she is authorized to use. Senior Management here at (A) is telling industry analysts.. read more →
Data Security And The Imperative of Private Clouds
As originally published in Forbes (Sept. 9, 2011). In the past several months, I have written three articles about cloud computing, including one that outlines the manner in which electronic discovery continues to migrate to the cloud. My enthusiasm for the cloud has not diminished, as I feel that the cloud is a business imperative,.. read more →
Texas’ Personal Data Spill Just Got Texas-Sized
As originally published in Forbes (May 7, 2011). I wrote on April 26 that the State of Texas “has a really big mess on its hands” as a result of a year-long data breach by three state agencies that made publicly available on a searchable website the names, Social Security numbers, and other confidential information.. read more →
Don’t Mess With Texans’ Personal Data — Texas Comptroller’s Massive Data Breach Will Cost State Millions
As originally published in Forbes (Apr. 26, 2011). The State of Texas has a really big mess on its hands. In the past week alone, the State has incurred $1.8 million to help mitigate a year-long data breach by the State’s Comptroller’s Office. Personal data of approximately 3.5 million Texans was freely available on a.. read more →
How To Make Sure Your Company’s Data Doesn’t Get Stuck In Europe
As originally published in Forbes (Apr. 22, 2011). As debates about data privacy rage in the United States—the Wikileaks Twitter case is a recent and prominent example—it is important for multinational corporations and other potential litigants (both plaintiffs and defendants) not only to understand the nuances of the markedly different privacy definitions and security standards in.. read more →
Credit Card Transactions — How Safe Is Your Personal Information?
As originally published in Forbes (Mar. 30, 2011). A recent decision by the California Supreme Court in Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma (Feb. 10, 2011) prohibits businesses from requesting that credit card holders provide “personal identification information” during credit card transactions and then recording that information. Unfortunately, the Court’s opinion may leave unanswered as many questions as.. read more →