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  • Aneesh Chopra Resigns as Federal CTO

    Collaborated with Cybersecurity Coordinator on Infosec R&D Aneesh Chopra Resigns as Federal CTO

    President Obama credits Aneesh Chopra with performing groundbreaking work to bring the federal government into the 21st century. Read more...

  • Push on for Comprehensive Infosec Bill

    White House Discourages a Piecemeal Approach to Cybersecurity Push on for Comprehensive Infosec Bill

    "Addressing only a portion of these needs by our cybersecurity professionals will continue to expose our country to serious risk" White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt says. Read more...

  • Privacy Policy: Paying Clients Exempt?

    Google Says Yes, Advocacy Group Raises Doubts Privacy Policy: Paying Clients Exempt?

    Google says its new privacy policy that has some privacy advocates up in arms will not have the same impact on paying customers. But an advocacy group contends some Google customers' contracts state they must adhere to the published privacy policy. Read more...

  • VA's Use of Mobile Devices: An Update

    Slow-Going Until Mobile Device Management System Implemented VA's Use of Mobile Devices: An Update

    The Department of Veterans Affairs' effort to expand use of smart phones and tablets won't pick up speed until after it implements an enterprisewide mobile device management system to monitor the devices, says CIO Roger Baker. Read more...

  • The State of the Union's Cybersecurity

    Obama Seeks Enactment of Cybersecurity Legislation The State of the Union's Cybersecurity

    President Obama uttered the term "cyber" only once in his 7,200-word State of the Union address Tuesday night, but that fleeting moment about an hour into the speech could prove significant. Read more...

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    Building an Online Reputation

    It Isn't Just Who You Know, But How You Network By Upasana Gupta
    Building an Online Reputation

    Many information security practitioners - beginners, journeymen and leaders alike - now take time to carefully cultivate their online reputations.

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    Google Should Allow Governments to Opt Out

    Advocacy Group Takes on New Google Privacy Policy By Jeff Gould
    Google Should Allow Governments to Opt Out

    Such a system is rife with opportunities for unintended and undesirable information disclosures. It needlessly multiplies the opportunities for social "phishing" attacks directed against government users. It is, frankly, an information catastrophe waiting to happen.

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    Risk Management for Mobile Devices

    Guidance on Privacy, Security Essential By Howard Anderson
    Risk Management for Mobile Devices

    With the surge in use of tablets, smart phones and other mobile devices, it's good to see some privacy and security best practice guidance is in the works.

  • Article

    Human Element of Info Risk Management

    Continuous Monitoring, Education Seen as Critical By Jeffrey Roman
    Human Element of Info Risk Management

    People, as much as anything else, are a critical aspect of information risk management, and businesses and government agencies must monitor employees - and educate them, as well - to thwart a potential threat from within.

  • Article

    Second EHR Incentive Rule Progresses

    Would Set HITECH Stage 2 'Meaningful Use' Requirements By Howard Anderson
    Second EHR Incentive Rule Progresses

    Federal regulators are nearing completion of a second proposed rule for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program.

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  • Elements of a Social Media Policy

    Make it About What People Can Do, Not What They Can't Elements of a Social Media Policy

    You know your company's social media policy is a good one when it starts sounding less like a checklist and more like common sense, says Sherrie Madia, social media expert and author.

  • Are Anti-Piracy Laws Really Needed?

    Authorities Used Existing Laws to Shutter File-Sharing Site Are Anti-Piracy Laws Really Needed?

    Does the U.S. government's shuttering of the file-sharing website Megaupload.com show that new laws are not needed to battle intellectual property piracy? Brookings's Allan Friedman believes it does.

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ARTICLE Yet Another Security Incident at UCLA

Just four months after agreeing to pay an $865,000 penalty for a series of HIPAA violations, UCLA...

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