How easy is your password to crack?

Is your carefully chosen password as secure as you think it is? Read more

Oops: McCain campaign accidentally sells confidential information

February 12, 2009 by · Comments Off
Filed under: Communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security and law 

This recent gaffe ought to teach companies a lesson about properly disposing of electronic equipment: Read more

Employers forced to fight ID theft

As identity theft becomes a bigger problem, state governments are giving more crime-fighting responsibility to organizations that store people’s personal info — including employers. Read more

Who won this case? Angry ex-exec bashes company online

September 26, 2008 by · Comments Off
Filed under: Employee computer use, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views 

An employee gets fired and, in a fit of anger, runs home and posts confidential corporate info to a public Web site. You can get that taken down and protect your company — can’t you? Read more

Airports find 12,250 lost laptops every week

Here’s bad news for any company with employees who travel: Read more

The latest ID theft scam

May 23, 2008 by · Comments Off
Filed under: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security and law 

There’s a new e-mail scam targeting you and your employees. Here’s how to identify it when it lands in your inbox. Read more

Who won this case: Ex-employee brings confidential data to a competitor

An employee leaves a company to go for a competitor. On his way out the door, he copies a boatload of confidential computer files and uses them in his new job. Can the original employee sue him? Read the facts and decide: Who won this case? Read more