Please take a moment to consider how these Lessons Learned could be implemented by managers within your organization to avoid expensive and embarrassing situations… U.S. Government Advises Businesses on Swine Flu. Government officials are calling on U.S. businesses to help manage the H1N1 flu this fall by developing customized plans for managing both the seasonal and swine flu, getting vaccines to vulnerable workers and encouraging employees with symptoms to stay home. Court indicts Hackers in Largest Data Breaches in US History A federal grand jury in New Jersey indicted Albert “Segvec” Gonzalez in the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted. Gonzalez was involvedRead More →

Lessons Learned Review…Keeping You Out of the Headlines and out of this blog… Please take a moment to consider how these Lessons Learned could be implemented by managers within your organization to avoid expensive and embarrassing situations… DDoS Attacks On Twitter, Facebook Result Of Massive Attack On One Person A pro-Georgian blogger called “Cyxymu” was apparently the intended target of the massive DDoS attack that knocked down Twitter and caused major slowdowns on Facebook and LiveJournal.  A botnet blasted waves of traffic at the blogger’s accounts on the sites simultaneously. File Sharing Banned on Government Networks  Rep. Edolphus Towns introduced a bill to ban file-sharingRead More →

Another data breach involving more than 500,000 records and Network Solutions is yet another organization that claims they were PCI compliant.  How can this be happening?  How does an organization know if they are PCI compliant with all 12 sections of PCI Security Standards which include hundreds of processes, roles and responsibilities that people must be following and implementing on a daily basis? Maybe what PCI really needs is a new focus and a new three letter acronym to go with all their other three letter acronyms.  If you visit the PCI Security Standards web site, you will find a whole bunch of three letterRead More →