A consultant colleague recently reached out with some questions on how to craft a good organizational information security policy. I’ve got experience with this, as a graduate-level legal instructor, ...

The FBI is in the midst of a major rewrite of the security policy that sets minimum criteria for how its criminal justice information is protected. With the revamp, the bureau is aiming to make sure ...

Archimedes famously said the quickest route between two points is a straight line. He meant geometry, though I argue this concept applies seamlessly to data security. To secure data in enterprise ...

Back in 2006, British mathematician Clive Humby stated that data was the new oil. Like oil, data isn’t useful in its raw state and must be refined, processed, and distributed to deliver value. Nearly ...

In the digital age, customer data is a precious resource. Consumers and brands both know this. It’s the key to enabling everything from the personalized experiences customers demand to the optimized ...

The National Institutes of Health didn’t ensure that the entity housing personal health information of over 1 million people — including biosamples — implemented proper cybersecurity protocols, ...

A week rarely goes by without a major data security breach. Recent news includes a breach impacting an energy company’s 8 million customers, another compromising the information on 450,000 current and ...