South Carolina Data Breach Casts Spotlight on Lack of Encryption, Stolen Credentials

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley said a mouthful this week when she spilled a dirty industry secret that Social Security numbers are generally not encrypted by state agencies. Reeling from a Department of Revenue data breach that leaked 3.6 million Social Security and credit card numbers as we...

Senate Considers Using Mob Law To Go After Cybercriminals

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee listened as one of the nation’s top cyber cops asked for expanded powers to go after cybercriminal groups, including the use of statutes written to combat the mafia. But confronted with the prospect of a major face lift for the U.S.’s preeminent cyber...

Alex Howard on Compliance, Breach Notification and the Rockefeller Bill

Dennis Fisher talks with Alex Howard, associate editor of Searchcompliance.com, about the burden compliance places on security staffs, the growing tide of breach notification laws and the misunderstandings surrounding the Rockefeller bill and the Internet kill switch. Download Subscribe to the...