Posted by Ken Leeser in Data Breach Notification, Data Loss Prevention, IT Security, Managed Security Services, Massachusetts Data Privacy
January
21

As more and more critical applications and services move to the cloud, organizations are increasingly receptive to the idea of using a managed security service to protect their network and information assets. The number and types of external threats to a network are growing exponentially, and unless a company has a dedicated and highly specialized [...]

Posted by Ken Leeser in Data Breach Notification, FTC, Information Security Plan, Regulation
December
15

A national data breach notification bill was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. 
The Data Accountability and Trust Act (http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.02221:/)
would require any organization that experiences a breach of electronic data containing personal information to notify all U.S. individuals whose information is breached. The law requires that the Federal Trade Commission [...]