Martin’s recruited me to co-host indefinitely, and I think we’re finally working out the kinks. This one is all over the map but there were some interesting things to talk about:
Well, we finally know how Pfizer lost all those employee records. An employee installed P2P file sharing software on her laptop, and probably shared her entire drive. Oops. I bet I know one person that’s eating alone in the corporate lunchroom.
Welcome to part 3 of our series on Data Loss Prevention/Content Monitoring and Filtering. You should go read Part 1 and Part 2 before digging into this one.
Sigh.
Again.
More Jericho?
Yep. Can’t let Hoff go without a retort, not after this.
I’d like to quote my last post for a moment:
It sweeps across a defined field of fire and launches its (un)deadly projectile at anything that invades it’s defined perimeter (3 feet).
Big Bad Mike Rothman over at Security Incite just announced a new program he’s launching next months for consumers. Mike told me about this a while ago, and I think it’s a great idea.
TD Ameritrade issued a press release Friday with another nugget of information in it.
TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation (NASDAQ:AMTD) has discovered and eliminated unauthorized code from its systems that allowed access to an internal database. The discovery was made as the result of an internal investigation of stock-related SPAM.
Looks like we’ve had another data breach. TD Ameritrade is now notifying 6.3 million customers. If we use my ridiculously low estimate of $2 per notification, they just erased $12.6M from the books. I can think of a lot of good security technologies (and people) that cost less.
There’s been a bit of debate lately between the quantitative and qualitative camps of the risk management world. The good news is that both camps recognize the need for an organized way to approach risk, rather than the “wave your hands and prognosticate” approach that’s been so popular over the years.
Just a quick note that I just published an article over at TidBITS called The Ghost in My FileVault. It’s a tale of terror from a recent trip to Asia. Here’s an excerpt: