I
wonder how the other states would measure up?
Data
Breach at New York Utility Prompts Enforcement Action and
Industry-Wide Data Security Review
August 25, 2012 by admin
Boris Segalis and Nihar Shah provide
some follow-up to a data security breach at New York State
Electric & Gas and Rochester Gas and Electric
that was disclosed in
January. As I noted in July, regulators
criticized NYSEG over the breach that had affected 1.8 million.
Segalis and Shah write:
The Commission
subsequently issued an “Order
Directing a Report on Implementation of Recommendations” that
expanded on many of the recommendations in the Commissioner’s
initial statements, and described in detail the ways in which the
Commissioner found NYSEG to have failed to adequately protect its
customers’ PII.
The Commission
conducted an exhaustive inquiry into NYSEG’s data security
practices and found several instances in which the utility was not
employing best practices and industry standards to protect PII. The
Order referred to the NIST
(2010) Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems
and Organizations as well as best practices set forth in the
Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as the baseline for
benchmarking NYSEG’s relevant practices. The Commission
benchmarked NYSEG’s data security practices in eight areas:
Read more on InfoLawGroup.
I suppose that in a city the size of LA
they must have a Rodney King-like incident every day. No doubt
that's why they need to be airborne at all times. I wish them luck
with some of their delusional expectations...
Lancaster’s
daily aerial surveillance flights raise privacy fears
August 25, 2012 by Dissent
Abby Sewell and Richard Winton report:
Lancaster this
week embarked on what experts say is a first-of-its-kind aerial
surveillance over the city, using a small Cessna plane.
The plane,
equipped with sophisticated video equipment, is set fly a loop above
the city for up to 10 hours a day, beaming a live video feed of
what’s going on below to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department dispatch center.
The camera will
inevitably pick up scenes of mundane day-to-day life. Officials said
they planned to use the video only to track reports of crimes in
progress, traffic collisions and other emergency situations.
Read more on the Los
Angeles Times.
The videos will be encrypted, but they
will reportedly be stored for two years, leading me to wonder how
this comports with the police chiefs’ newly adopted code
of conduct that recommends:
- Unless required as evidence of a crime, as part of an on-going investigation, for training, or required by law, images captured by a UA should not be retained by the agency.
- Unless exempt by law, retained images should be open for public inspection.
Yes, I know these aren’t UA’s, but
even so….?
[From the article:
"This will allow us within
five seconds of a call [I'd like to see the real numbers Bob]
to get some eyes on location. If some robber is
fleeing deputies, we get to learn where, thanks to this technology,"
[Because the deputies can't tell where they are? Bob]
Parris said. "In law enforcement, for a long time it has been
known that it is a deterrent if a criminal believes there is a strong
likelihood of apprehension."
When
the plane is in the air, it will record every incident deputies
respond to, [Unlikely Bob] Sheriff's Capt. Robert Jonsen
said.
Another
comment on the lack of e-estate planning. How could you divvy up
your electronic assets in your will? Perhaps by storing them in a
country with useful laws? Would the RIAA or MPAA honor such and
inheritance or would they sue your children?
"Many of us will accumulate
vast libraries of digital books and music over the course of our
lifetimes, reports the WSJ, but when we die, our
collections of words and music may expire with us. 'I find it
hard to imagine a situation where a family would be OK with losing a
collection of 10,000 books and songs,' says author Evan Carroll of
the problems created for one's heirs with digital content, which
doesn't convey the same ownership rights as print books and CDs. So
what's the solution? Amazon and Apple were mum when contacted, but
with the growth of digital assets, Dazza Greenwood of MIT's Media Lab
said it's time to reform and update IP law so content can be
transferred to another's account or divided between several people."
Seems
like I have several students with a clear idea of the small
businesses they will start (or have already). Perhaps this will
inspire the rest.
August 25, 2012
Inc.
Magazine's Annual List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
-- the Inc. 500|5000
"America’s
fastest growers span 25 industries, all 50 states, and metro
areas ranging from Boston to San Diego. New York City had the most
honorees, with 350--three more than runner-up Washington, D.C. While
nearly half the winners had revenues between $2 million and $10
million, more than 50 took in over $1 billion."
Global
Warming! Global Warming! This article suggests we only have
detailed records since 1979! (Don't mind me. Occasionally I rant
about bad reporting or maybe bad science?)
Arctic
sea ice likely to hit record low next week
(Related) Another lack of records.
Also, dark spots on the sun are apparently hotter that a spotless
sun.
Scientists have long suspected that the
Sun's 11-year cycle influences climate of certain regions on Earth.
Yet records of average, seasonal temperatures do not date back far
enough to confirm any patterns. Now, armed with a unique proxy, an
international team of researchers show that unusually cold winters in
Central Europe are related to low solar activity -- when sunspot
numbers are minimal. The freezing of Germany's largest river, the
Rhine, is the key.
A New
Jersey cell phone case?
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