Outlining
a new (and much larger challenge) for my Computer Security students.
(Mobile Device and Mobile Application Management) Does your employer
“certify” your BYOD device?
Enterprises
Need More Than MDM to Address Mobile Security Risks: Analysis
…
Organizations need to expand their mobile worldview to include data
leakage, insider threats, and mobile malware and develop incident
response plans that consider mobile devices, according to the latest
report from GigaOm Research, released Tuesday.
They
need to be able to see what is happening across mobile devices,
detect security incidents, and resolve incidents effectively, all
things that mobile device managements systems are not designed to
handle. Along with improved incident response, organizations need to
beef up their forensics capabilities to extract valuable data from
mobile devices in the case of a security incident, the report
suggested.
[The
report:
http://research.gigaom.com/report/beyond-mdm-what-todays-enterprise-needs-to-answer-mobile-security-threats/
I
should have thought of this. What a great way to gather the
information people want to hide!
–
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For
instance, one “target” is China.
Kim
Zetter reports:
About 89,000 foreigners or organizations were targeted for spying
under a U.S. surveillance order last year, according to a
new transparency report. The report was released for the first
time Friday by the Office of the Director of Intelligence, upon order
of the president, in the wake of surveillance leaks by NSA
whistleblower Edward Snowden.
But the report, which covers only surveillance orders issued in 2013,
doesn’t tell the whole story about how many individuals the spying
targeted or how many Americans were caught in the surveillance that
targeted foreigners. Civil liberties groups say the real number is
likely “orders of magnitude” larger than this.
Read
more on Wired.
What
would keep your employees from doing this? Should we create a Social
Media Policy?
Eric
Goldman writes:
Jane
Stewart, a company manager, posted the following on her Facebook
page:
Isn’t [it] amazing how Jimmy experienced a 5 way heart bypass just
one month ago and is back to work, especially when you consider
George Shoun’s shoulder injury kept him away from work for 11
months and now he is trying to sue us.
The complaint says the post concluded “Love for everyone to hear
the real truth! What a loser!” but this sentence wasn’t
referenced in the court’s opinion.
Shoun didn’t appreciate these remarks, so he sued for
confidentiality violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act
(ADA).
[...]
I don’t have an opinion about the likely success of this lawsuit,
but I’m less sanguine about the wisdom of this post. Employers,
when is it appropriate to mock an employee online for allegedly
malingering due to health issues? Answer: NEVER.
Read
more on Technology
& Marketing Law Blog
(Related)
How about a non-manager's use of Social Media? No First Amendment
rights here?
Jeff
D. Gorman reports on another case involving use (or misuse) of social
media in the workplace:
An Idaho nurse who ranted on Facebook that he wanted to slap a
patient is not entitled to unemployment benefits, the state’s
highest court ruled.
Joseph Talbot had been working as a nurse at Desert View Care Center
for about five months when he made a January 2013 post on Facebook
that got him in hot water.
“Ever have one of those days when you’d like to slap the ever
loving bat snot out a patient who is just being a jerk because they
can?” he asked. “Nurses shouldn’t have to take abuse from you
just because you are sick. In fact, it makes me less motivated to
make sure your call light gets answered every time when I know that
the minute I step into the room I’ll be greeted by a deluge of
insults.”
Read
more on Courthouse
News.
Note
that there is no suggestion that any patient’s protected health
information (PHI) was disclosed. This case turned simply on whether
the employee violated the center’s social media policy.
Taken
together with the previous blog post pointing to Eric
Goldman’s comments on another workplace case involving social
media, I can only wonder
when people are going to really learn that Facebook isn’t a smart
choice for venting about work – even if you do not name
individuals. Yes, some speech is protected, but if you have signed
an agreement with your employer about social media use or
prohibitions, expect to be held to it.
Perspective.
Living “off the grid” is really going to stand out.
Internet
of Things: Connected Home – Survey
by
Sabrina I.
Pacifici on Jun 27, 2014
“Fortinet®
– a global leader in high-performance network security released
the results of a global survey that probes home owners about key
issues pertaining to the Internet of Things (IoT). Independently
administered throughout 11 countries, the survey titled, “Internet
of Things: Connected Home,” gives a global perspective about the
Internet of Things, what security and privacy issues are in play, and
what home owners are willing to do to enable it. Completed in June
2014, the survey asked 1,801 tech-savvy homeowners questions relating
to the Internet of Things as it pertains to the connected home.
These were the top findings:
- Homeowners are concerned about data breaches – A majority of all respondents voiced their concern that a connected appliance could result in a data breach or exposure of sensitive, personal information. Globally, 69 percent said that they were either “extremely concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about this issue. Sixty-eight percent of U.S. respondents said that they were “extremely concerned” or “somewhat concerned.”
- Privacy and trust are concerns – When asked about the privacy of collected data, a majority of global respondents stated, “privacy is important to me, and I do not trust how this type of data may be used.” India led the world with this response at 63 percent. Fifty-seven percent in the U.S. agreed with this statement.
- Data privacy is an extremely sensitive issue – Relating to privacy, respondents were also asked how they would feel if a connected home device was secretly or anonymously collecting information about them and sharing it with others. Most (62 percent) answered “completely violated and extremely angry to the point where I would take action.” The strongest responses came from South Africa, Malaysia and the United States. Sixty-seven percent of Americans also agreed with this statement.
- Consumers look to their government for data regulation – Many respondents (42 percent) around the world stated that their government should regulate collected data, while 11 percent said that regulation should be enforced by an independent, non-government organization. The U.S. scored lower than most countries. Here, only 34 percent agreed that the government should regulate collected data.
- Homeowners are willing to pay for a connected home – When asked, “would you be willing to pay for a new wireless router optimized for connected home devices,” 40 percent responded with “definitely” and another 48 percent said “maybe.” In a follow-on question, more than 50 percent said they would pay more for their Internet service in order to “enable connected devices to function” in their home. Similar to the rest of the world, U.S. homeowners would pay more; less than 25 percent said that they would not.
Perhaps
some of this will translate to rules for domestic drone use?
Like
Steve, I
strongly recommend to Just Security readers the report
on drone policy that the Stimson Task Force published yesterday.
The report is very thoughtful and balanced, and raises a number of
very important questions about the relative costs and benefits of
particular aspects of the U.S.’s use of drones.
Parking
and the First Amendment? Perhaps San Francisco should take note that
parking is valuable and raise the meter rates. Or they cold ban
parking all together and increase the use of public transportation.
What they probably can't do is enforce this
interpretation of whatever law this is based on.
San
Francisco parking app refuses shut-down order
The
company behind a mobile app that allows San Francisco drivers to get
paid for the public parking spaces they exit has rejected an order
from the city attorney to stop its operations.
MonkeyParking
CEO Paolo
Dobrowolny said in an email Friday that City Attorney Dennis
Herrera is misapplying a police code that prohibits the sale or
lease of San Francisco's streets.
Dobrowolny
said MonkeyParking doesn't sell parking spots, but convenience. He
cites freedom of speech, saying people have the right to tell others
they're leaving a parking spot and get paid for it.
A
nice summary of the music market.
Amazon
Prime Music Just Set Streaming Music's Price
For
much of the last year, companies have been scrambling to create their
own Pandora
and take a piece of the growing -- but poorly monetized -- music
streaming market. Amazon
may have just stumbled upon the solution.
So
here's my question. What would I do with a smartphone? (Yes, I see
all the Apps and gadgets. But I don't call anyone.)
Wal-Mart
slashes iPhone price to just $29
…
Radio Shack stores are also offering a similar deal.
Guaranteed
to get your message read? Apparently not. Students in high school
can't read cursive.
I
Sent All My Text Messages in Calligraphy for a Week
For
my student Vets.
Report
on Veterans Affairs Finds 'Corrosive Culture'
An
interim report on the Veterans Affairs Department delivered to
President Barack Obama found that the VA’s medical system is
hobbled by management with little accountability and a “corrosive
culture” that has led to widespread personnel problems.
For
my students preparing to run for office.
Beyond
Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology – Pew
by
Sabrina I.
Pacifici on Jun 27, 2014
“Even
in an increasingly Red vs. Blue nation, the public’s political
attitudes and values come in many shades and hues. Partisan
polarization – the vast and growing gap between Republicans and
Democrats – is a defining feature of politics today. But beyond
the ideological wings, which make up a minority of the public, the
political landscape includes a center that is large and diverse,
unified by frustration with politics and little else. As a result,
both parties face formidable challenges in reaching beyond their
bases to appeal to the middle of the electorate and build sustainable
coalitions. The latest
Pew Research Center political typology, which sorts voters into
cohesive groups based on their attitudes and values, provides a field
guide for this constantly changing landscape… The new typology has
eight groups: Three are strongly ideological, highly politically
engaged and overwhelmingly partisan – two on the right and one on
the left. Steadfast
Conservatives are staunch critics of
government and the social safety net and are very socially
conservative. Business
Conservatives share Steadfast
Conservatives’ preference for limited government, but differ in
their support for Wall Street and business, as well as immigration
reform. And Business Conservatives are far more moderate on social
issues than are Steadfast Conservatives. At the other end of the
spectrum, Solid
Liberals express
liberal attitudes across almost every realm – government, the
economy and business and foreign policy, as well as on race,
homosexuality and abortion – and are reliable and loyal Democratic
voters.”
For
all my students. (Philosophy from the Harvard “B” School? Who'd
a thunk?)
Reframe
a Moral Dilemma with Just One Word
For
my Statistics students. (Told ya!)
The
Mathematics of Shuffled Cards
It
is said that each time you shuffle a 52-card deck, each arrangement
you make may have never existed in all history, or may never exist
again. Why? Because of the enormous number of arrangements that can
be made using 52 objects. [52!
Bob]
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