DHS planning Einstein pilot with commercial ISP

The Department of Homeland Security is apparently ready to move forward with a pilot of capabilities to test its Einstein 3 intrusion detection and prevention system. The plan is to work with a commercial service provider…

Congressional systems facing cyber attacks on all fronts

With the tremendous rise in observed security events seen by security administrators for both the Senate and House of Representatives, Congressional leaders are facing the reality that they need to do more to secure systems, data,…

Addressing privacy is a top priority for health IT, but should it trump improving care?

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) seems to be putting privacy protections (along with security) high on its list of priorities as it works to make widespread adoption of health information technology a reality….

Whether you value privacy or not, the debate over online privacy is heating up

In honor of the 10-year anniversary this week of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), it seems like a good time to take stock of the state of privacy — in general but especially online…

Government agencies working to train their investigators to leverage data in social media

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a set of information detailing some of the ways that U.S. federal agencies collect information from social networking and other online sites in the scope of law enforcement investigations….

Efforts to combat illegal music downloads again raise privacy issue over IP addresses

For quite some time we’ve been following the development of the legal debate in both the European Community and the United States over whether IP addresses can be considered personally identifiable information, and therefore handled under…

Concerns over privacy, data anonymity, lead Netflix to abandon contest on improving movie recommendations

In a move reported by the Wall Street Journal online, responding to concerns raised by the Federal Trade Commission and in the wake of a settled lawsuit, online movie rental powerhouse Netflix announced that it is…