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Tag Archives: Solutions / Workarounds
Again, Security as a Differentiator
January 21, 2008 – 6:00 am
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SC Magazine’s January 2008 cover story this month illustrates security as a differentiator. In the past, I moved from a hard line to more neutral territory based on some marketing material from Visa.
Here are some memorable quotes from SC Magazine:
Businesses can use security to increase…
Protecting PDAs: A Cautionary Dilemma
January 18, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Normally, the minimum standard security recommendations for corporate PDAs are:
Lock the device with a pin
Encrypt the data on device
This effectively means that if you loose your PDA it’s now a brick.
The other day I found a unlocked PDA (see images). By accessing this…
The fantasy of being searched by airport security…
January 10, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Yes, folks. If things were only like this Maroon 5 video… The search happens 2 minutes into the video, if you don’t like the song.
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Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder
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Data Tracing: Proposal for a Privacy and Data Security Law
January 9, 2008 – 6:00 am
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My recent Equifax issue (here, here) lead me to wonder about my personal data.
Consumers should be able to find out the following:
1. What a given company is doing with one’s personal information (processing / data mining)
2. Which third parties are privy and have access to their…
Equifax Update: Incorrect information issue compounded
January 8, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Late last month I wrote that my credit monitoring service alerted me that Equifax made a mistake on my credit report. When I followed-up with Equifax via the phone, they would not tell me who provided the incorrect information. It was a minor, non-financial mistake, but a mistake…
