“Pittance” grows to “pittance and a half!” Wow, I'm underwhelmed...
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=200710101055352
(update) TJX Revises Consumer Settlement, Agrees to Pay Cash
Wednesday, October 10 2007 @ 10:55 AM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Breaches
Hours before a federal judge demanded that TJX address key concerns about its proposed settlement, the merchant behind the biggest retail data breach ever agreed to some key changes, including offering a cash alternative to its voucher offer.
The biggest objection to the initial proposed settlement had been that consumer victims were only offered $30 vouchers for making purchases at stores owned by The TJX Companies. Under a new proposed settlement that was filed late Oct. 9, attorneys for both sides are now proposing giving consumers a choice: either the $30 voucher or a $15 check.
Source - eWeek
Stay current...
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20071010084731659
Pointer: Privacy and Data Security Law Update 2007
Wednesday, October 10 2007 @ 09:04 AM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews News Section: Other Privacy News
Proskauer Rose's September 27th webinar, "Privacy and Data Security Law Update 2007" is available for viewing online (requires java).
The overheads are available as a .pdf file.
More bad news for Microsoft Vista? Certainly the VA is having IT problems again...
http://www.fcw.com/online/news/150412-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS
VistA outage disrupts Calif. VA hospitals
By Mary Mosquera Published on October 5, 2007
The Veterans Affairs Department suffered an outage of its electronic health record system for nine hours Aug. 31 at 17 medical facilities in northern California, VA health care officials said.
Medical professionals at the hospitals, including San Francisco’s VA medical center, were prevented from logging on to VA’s VistA health record, the Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture, and its component, the Computerized Patient Record System.
The disruption happened during business hours at VA’s regional data processing center in Sacramento, said Ben Davoren, director of clinical informatics at VA’s San Francisco Medical Center. He talked about the incident during testimony last week before the House Veterans Affairs Committee.
He called it “the most significant technological threat to patient safety VA has ever had.” The Sacramento data center did not roll over the systems to the Denver regional processing center as planned. And backup systems for the regional strategy were unavailable or overwhelmed in four of the medical centers, he said.
Is your budget keeping up?
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/10/2233218&from=rss
Businesses Spend 20% of IT Budgets on Security
Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday October 10, @09:21PM from the protect-ya-neck dept. Security Businesses IT
Stony Stevenson writes "Security accounted for 20 percent of technology spending last year and it's expected to rise, according to a report released Tuesday. The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) surveyed 1,070 organisations and found that on average, they spent one-fifth of their technology budgets on security-related spending in 2006. That's up from the 15 percent of IT budgets spent on security in 2005, and the 12 percent spent in 2004."
Completing the RIAA die-off?
http://techdirt.com/articles/20071011/005432.shtml
Next Up To Ditch Record Label: Madonna
from the quite-a-week dept
It's been quite a bad month for the record labels, huh? Kicked off by Radiohead's ditching record labels in order to embrace the new business models that the record labels insisted were dangerous to the industry. In retrospect, it looks like they were just dangerous to the record labels (gee, who could have predicted that?). The latest huge name to ditch a record label appears to be Madonna, who is apparently siging a huge deal with a concert and merchandise promoter instead for over $100 million. She'll still be putting out albums through the promoter rather than the label. There's no indication if she's going to use this to free up some music, but the point should be pretty clear. The money is in concerts and merchandise -- the stuff that the music makes valuable -- not in the music itself. While EMI's new owners have made some noises that maybe they understand what's going on, there's a good chance that it's way too late for the old labels. They had their chance to embrace fans, new technology and the music itself -- and they spent 8 years suing the fans and the technology instead. It's reached the point that college kids are now organizing to protest the RIAA. It's becoming increasingly clear that the labels weren't helping musicians very much either -- and now it appears to be payback time. This isn't the "fault" of piracy. This is the fault of shortsighted recording industry executives who had every chance to understand the economics at play and instead chose to attack everyone (and there were lots) who pointed out to them where the market was going.
What a fun state!
California state site can't shake porn problems
The Transportation Authority of Marin's site has been taken offline again after links to pornographic pages, which had bedeviled the site last week, reappeared
By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service October 10, 2007
The Web site blamed for last week's Internet problems within the State of California has been taken offline after links to pornographic material reappeared on the site.
... The site was taken down after security experts reported that it was hosting pornographic material over the past weekend.
... "The site is down until it is restructured with additional security, can be sponsored by a more reliable ISP, and perhaps secured from this occurring."
There's always something for my Disaster Recovery students...
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/016228.html
October 10, 2007
International Day for Disaster Reduction: October 10, 2007
UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, "Nearly three years ago, Governments adopted the Hyogo Framework -- a plan of action to reduce our collective vulnerability to natural hazards. Today, as we commemorate World Disaster Reduction Day, recent calamities around the world -- including floods, storms, and droughts -- continue to remind us of the devastating effects of natural hazards,as well as the potentially harmful effects of a warming planet. The need to engage fully in disaster risk reduction has never been more pressing. Disaster risk reduction is about stronger building codes, sound land use planning, better early warning systems, environmental management and evacuation plans and, above all, education. It is about making communities and individuals aware of their risk to natural hazards and how they can reduce their vulnerability."
Guidelines are good
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005479.php
StopBadware.org Posts Badware Guide for Casual Internet Users
October 09, 2007
Last week, StopBadware.org released a report titled "Trends in Badware 2007: What internet users need to know." The document is a plain-English explanation of modern security threats on the web, covering iframe injections, phishing on social networks, and scareware, amongst other topics. In an environment that often offers only arcane cues to malice or wrongdoing, the 12-page document is a straightforward way to improve security awareness in the casual Internet user.
Training the next generation of Ubiquitous Surveillers...
http://www.killerstartups.com/Video-Music-Photo/postacrime--Help-Catch-Criminals-Watch-Videos/
PostACrime.com - Help Catch Criminals, Watch Videos
PostACrime lets you indulge in your superhero fantasies, allowing you to catch the bad guys and fight for justice, and all that jazz. So it’s not exactly the Justice League, but it does combine two very popular, modern day activities, watching reality videos on the web and potentially earning some cash money while you’re at it. Simply browse the CCTV and security video uploads on the site, and see if you know any of the perps.
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