Global Security Watch > Getting started protecting PII, Part 1

[Not Bad For a Cubicle] Around the office, recent events have also created increased interest in identifying and securing Personally Identifying Information (PII) has come back into the spotlight, too, which is good for obvious reasons, but also bad because it really makes you realize how much work it is to securely keep and handle PII.

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[Chapellassociates.com] Chapell Blog: Asthenation prepares for President Bush's inauguration next week, privacyactivistson both sides of the political spectrum are bracing for a White Housepush toaugment controversial domestic surveillance powers gained under thePatriot Actand other legislation passed since 9/11. "The administration has madeitclear that they do intend to continue their move to dramatically reduceprivacyand constitutional protection for our citizens," said former Republicancongressman Bob Barr, who now works as a speaker and consultant toorganizations like the American Civil Liberties Union.

Bespacific.comhttp://www.bespacific.com [Bespacific.com] beSpacific: Government Documents Archives: In our previous hearing on official secrecy policies, the Department of Defense (DOD) witness estimated that fully half of all the data deemed "Confidential," "Secret" or "Top Secret" by the Pentagon was needlessly or improperly withheld from public view. Further resisting the call to move from a 'need to know" to a "need to share" standard, some agencies have become proliferators of new categories of shielded data.

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http://securityawareness.blogspot.com [Securityawareness.blogspot.com] Security Awareness for Ma, Pa and the Corporate Clueless: Mad as ...: I know exactly how much difference it made because when Active Desktop and the other related technologies were announced I had this flash of completely undeserved luck and managed to talk my boss into banning IE and Outlook at work. I didn't expect the flood of viruses, but I did expect SOMETHING to go badly wrong with it.

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