New cybersecurity role for NIST?

Federal Computer Week Retrieved Nov 04, 2009 By Ben Bain Go to Original Article House panel wants agency to coordinate international agreements A bill that would expand the National Institute for Standards and Technology’s role in cybersecurity cleared a House subcommittee today. NIST would be responsible for developing a plan to coordinate the government’s work with international organizations developing cybersecurity […]

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Consumer Data Broker ChoicePoint Failed to Protect Consumers’ Personal Data

Federal Trade Commission Retrieved Nov 4, 2009 Go to Original Article Consumer Data Broker ChoicePoint Failed to Protect Consumers’ Personal Data, Left Key Electronic Monitoring Tool Turned Off for Four Months New Settlement Imposes Stricter Compliance Regimen   ChoicePoint, Inc., one of the nation’s largest data brokers, has agreed to strengthened data security requirements to

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D3 Services to Host an Informational Meet and Greet Cocktail Hour

New Downtown Business and Chamber Member Meet and Greet Cocktail Hour at Café Matisse   October 30, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information please call 239.332.2800. FORT MYERS – On Friday, November 6th, from 4:00-6:00 PM, D3 Services, Digital Data Destruction Services, will be hosting an informational meet and greet cocktail hour. The event will be

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HHS Strengthens HIPAA Enforcement

US Department of Health and Human Services http://www.hhs.gov Retrieved 6 Apr 2012 Go to original article News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2009 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 HHS Strengthens HIPAA Enforcement The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule with request for comments today to strengthen

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Indictments Unveiled In Major Data Breach

National Journal www.techdailydose.nationaljournal.com Retrieved 25 Aug 09 Go to Original Article Indictments Unveiled In Major Data Breach Two Russians and a Florida man were charged Monday in what the Justice Department said was the largest alleged credit card and debit card breach ever. The indictment names 28-year-old Albert Gonzalez of Miami, Fla., and two unnamed

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Leahy Takes Third Shot at Data Breach Notifications

eWeek www.eweek.com By: Roy Mark Retrieved 25 Aug 09 Go to Original Article  Leahy Takes Third Shot at Data Breach Notifications Having failed twice before to convince the U.S. Senate of the necessity for a national data breach notification standard, Sen. Patrick Leahy tees up the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act again. Senate Judiciary

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D3 Services Opens Office in Fort Myers, FL

Digital Data Destruction Services (D3 Services) – Opens Office in Fort Myers October 16, 2009  Fort Myers, FL.    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.   D3 Services, the first company in the US to be awarded a GSA contract for digital data destruction has opened an office in Fort Myers. Founded in 2004, D3 Services is the first company

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The Paper Paradigm: A Call for a New Electronic Standard

The Paper Paradigm: A Call for a New Electronic Standard to Govern Digital Data Destruction By Roger Hutchison President, CD ROM, Inc. August, 2009   Click here for the article in PDF format Summary: Without exception, all major pieces of legislation which address privacy of information in some form to include HIPAA, SOX, GLB, FACTA call

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National Archives Loses Sensitive Data

AP FoxNews.com Retrieved May 20, 2009 Go to Original Article The FBI is conducting a criminal investigation of the matter, according to Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and senior committee Republican Darrell Issa of California.   The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts

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Study Finds Many Discarded Hard Drives Still Contain Confidential Data

Storage & Destruction Business (SDB) Retrieved 14 May 09 Go to Original Article A recent study, sponsored by BT and Sims Lifecycle Services, finds that more than one third of discarded hard drives still contain confidential data. The study was carried out by forensic computer science labs at Longwood University, located in the United States;

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