LEGAL THOUGHTS

Two years ago, I wrote a blog post about data security myths, in particular about how frequently changing passwords was good.

It seems Microsoft was paying attention to the NIST guidance. 

In a recent blog post on the security baseline for Windows 10, Microsoft dropped t...

This is almost too crazy to believe -- and it sounds like something out of a movie.

In 2017, a casino's high-roller database was stolen via an internet of things (IOT) connected thermostat for a fish tank in a lobby (see Washington Post article; Mashable article)

Putting...

When discussing the EU's forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), commentators often say that it will be in force from May 25, 2018 and that it automatically becomes law in the EU member states. It also will be effective in the countries that are a part o...

​In 2016, US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) performed border searches on approximately 19,000 electronic devices, both inbound and outbound. In 2017, CBP searched approximately 30,000 electronic devices, which is roughly 60% more searches.  See CBP post. 

You might thi...

     How much worse can things get for Equifax in the wake of its data breach that could have affected approximately 143 million Americans -- or about 1/2 of the population of the United States (see link 1, link 2, link 3). 

     Well, it turns out that E...

   What do you know about your data?  How should you be handling it?

     I recently received an email from Tresorit that provided a self-assessment tool to evaluate how you are handling your data.  The tool provides an evaluation concern...

     Last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter in Philadelphia ruled that Google pursuant to a Stored Communication Act (SCA) warrant should turn over any emails in its possession related to the target of an FBI investigation, even those emails residing on a fo...

   Yahoo! announced yesterday that a billion user accounts were hacked in 2013 (link). This follows last year's announcement that 500 million user accounts were hacked. 

      A few websites are saying that Yahoo! users should close down their accounts (...