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• Yahoo Penalized £250,000 By UK Information Commissioner's Office

  It was reported this week that the United Kingdom's Information Commissioner – the person whose department is in charge of upholding the nation's data privacy laws – has penalized Yahoo! UK Services Limited with the amount of £250,000. The penalty... Posted Jun 15 2018, 04:00 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, data security, law, information security, cost of software security breaches, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, government encryption, UK, cloud security

• FBI Inflated Encrypted Smartphone Count

  Over a number of years, the FBI kept making the case for an encryption backdoor to smartphones. Of course, because "encryption backdoor" is a charged term, they said that they didn't need a backdoor per se , just a (secret) reliable way... Posted Jun 01 2018, 04:00 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: law, computer data security, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, government encryption

• US Court Says Border Searches Require "Suspicion"

  As many travellers may know, people at US borders are subject to an altered set of laws due to the fact that… well, a border is a border. This includes "pseudo-borders" like airports that may be located well within US soil. The most obvious... Posted May 18 2018, 02:58 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, mobile data security, data security, law, mobile data encryption, information security, endpoint security, data at rest encryption, password protection, hard disk encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, government encryption, Android encryption, iPhone encryption, Android protection, tablet security, tablet encryption, iPhone security, iPhone protection, tablet protection, smartphone protection, smartphone security, smartphone encryption, iPad security, iPad encryption, iPad protection

• Yahoo (ie, Altaba) Settles Two Lawsuits Tied To Huge Data Breach

  Last week, Yahoo (now reborn as Altaba after Verizon's acquisition) announced a settlement with the SEC over misleading investors regarding the biggest data breach in known history. The crime: not revealing it in a timely manner. It was one of the... Posted May 04 2018, 01:25 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, law, cost of computer security breach, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption, government encryption, cloud security

• Florida Government Hard Drives Stolen For Games

  Many, if not most, data security professionals will tell you that you should run a risk assessment and accordingly develop your plans for securing information, sensitive or otherwise. Then there are others who will counsel that one should secure as much... Posted Apr 20 2018, 07:57 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, data security, law, hard drive encryption, data at rest encryption, hard disk encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, external drive encryption software, personal information encryption, government encryption

• Panera Data Breach: Further Proof That People Need Strong Data Security Laws

  Panera Bread has a public relations fiasco on its hands. It has embroiled itself in one of the most tragicomic data breaches the world has seen in a while, a breach that could have been easily avoided. Dylan Houlihan, the finder and eventual whistleblower... Posted Apr 05 2018, 02:31 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, data security, law, computer data security, encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption