A Better Way To Manage Customer Data (IBM"s Data Governance Council)
Messy, redundant, and insecure customer data has companies turning to data governance for a change The handling of customer data is one of the thorniest business issues of the 21st century. If companies aren"t struggling to determine which versions of t...
Why VOIP Needs Crypto
By Bruce Schneier| Also by this reporter 02:00 AM Apr, 06, 2006 There are basically four ways to eavesdrop on a telephone call. One, you can listen in on another phone extension. This is the method preferred by siblings everywhere. If you have the ...
Researcher: Web services security risks largely ignored
In their rush to implement Web services, some companies may be exposing themselves to new security risks that they may not fully understand, a security researcher said at the CanSecWest/core06 conference in Vancouver on Thursday. During a conference p...
Government Information Brokers Often Fail To Protect Privacy
Information resellers often fail to follow privacy protection guidelines when dealing with the federal government, and many do not believe the guidelines should apply when public records are involved. That"s the conclusion of a report the Government Acco...
Could IRS Plan Open Taxpayers To Identity Theft?
Taxpayers would be exposed to identity theft if the Internal Revenue Service gets its way with proposed rule changes considered during a congressional hearing this week. Opposition is growing in response to the plan, which would allow tax preparers to se...
EFF: AT&T forwards all Internet traffic into NSA
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Wednesday filed the legal briefs and evidence supporting its motion for a preliminary injunction in its class-action lawsuit against AT&T. After asking EFF to hold back the documents so that it could review...
HP fills LaserJet security hole
HP is warning of a vulnerability in some of its printer driver software that could allow hackers to siphon information from a user"s PC. The unusual security alert -- printer software is not usually at the forefront of security worries -- affects anyon...