Donald’s IT Security Blog

Re-Ignition of Cold War or Begining of End of the World?
By Jonathan
In the think-tank, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, Dick Cheney, Jeb Bush and many others were members who stated that we needed a “New Pearl Harbor” to justify war in the region. These were the masterminds of the …
Loose Change 9/11 Blog & Home Page - http://www.loosechange911.com/blog/

“Listening to Syria” by David Lesch
By Joshua
On Monday, the New York Times revealed that in the spring of 2004, Donald Rumsfeld, then the US secretary of defence, signed a secret order providing the US military with a mandate and fast-track approvals mechanism to launch raids …
Syria Comment - http://joshualandis.com/blog/

Re: Bitcoin P2P e-cash paper
By Saqib Ali(Saqib Ali)
Donald wrote:> It is not sufficient that everyone knows X. We also> need everyone to know that everyone knows X, and that> everyone knows that everyone knows that everyone knows X> - which, as in the Byzantine Generals problem, …
Cryptography, Law and Privacy Blog - http://security-basics.blogspot.com/

10 AMERICAN FINANCIAL MELTDOWN
By admin
The five senators, namely Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, Donald Riegle, John Glenn, and John McCain, were investigated by the the Senate Ethics Committee. Cranston was reprimanded, Riegle and DeConcini were criticized for acting …
Blog About Everything - http://www.7vy.net/

The return of martial law…
By Alex McCarthy(Alex McCarthy)
If you feel, as I and many others do, that democracy is worth protecting at all costs, please forward links to my blog or the original article, and try to spread the word to as many of your politically aware friends as possible. …
Occasional ramblings - http://alexmccarthy.blogspot.com/

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 09:24 AM CST

Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported:
11/12/08
Organization:
University of Florida
Contractor/Consultant/Branch:
College of Dentistry
Location:Gainesville, Florida
Victims:Patients
Number Affected: 344,482
Types of Data: "restricted data, including a combination of names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and, in some cases, dental procedure information"
Breach Description: "University of Florida officials have notified about 330,000 current and former dental patients that an unauthorized intruder recently accessed a College of Dentistry computer server storing their personal information."
Reference URL:
University of Florida College of Dentistry
Star-Banner
WRUF Radio
Report Credit: University of Florida College of Dentistry
Response: From the online sources cited above:

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Backup tape lost from Harvard Law School

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 06:27 PM CST

Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported:
11/06/08
Organization:
Harvard University
Contractor/Consultant/Branch:
Harvard Law School
The Legal Services Center*
*"the Legal Services Center is a general practice law firm that provides legal counsel to over 1,200 clients annually, some of whom are very poor, but many of whom can and do make co-payments or pay on a lower-than-market basis for the service they receive.  The Center, Harvard Law School’s oldest and largest clinical teaching facility, offers students an opportunity to gain practical legal experience and earn academic credit by handling real cases for real clients under the supervision of Clinical Instructors who are experienced practitioners and mentors."  Source: About the Legal Services Center

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Posted: 07 Nov 2008 07:29 AM CST

Technorati Tag: Security Breach
Date Reported:
11/03/08
Organization:
State of Arizona
Contractor/Consultant/Branch:
Department of Economic Security
Location:
Phoenix, Arizona
Victims:
"Early Intervention Program" applicants and participants (children)
Number Affected:
"Up to 40,000"
Types of Data:
Names, addresses, insurance information, child disability, dates of birth and Social Security numbers
Breach Description:
"PHOENIX (AP) - Several computer hard drives containing personal information for as many as 40,000 children have been stolen from a public storage locker in Phoenix."
Reference URL:
KTVK-TV / azfamily.com
United Press International
KVOA Channel 4
Arizona Daily Star
Report Credit:
KTVK-TV/azfamily.com

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Behind every compliant organization is a thorough and thoughtful security process. Compliance pro Richard Mackey knows how to build a proper compliance program, from assembling requirements and capturing your current state to establishing realistic expectations and finally meeting the demands of regulations. In this video, Mackey explains how to ensure discipline and begin an organizational commitment that allows a company to meet compliance standards continuously — in both the short term and the long term

Richard Mackey: Building a framework-based compliance program