Weekly Digest for January 26th
By Michael Peters on January 26, 2012
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mdpeters posted User:Anakin100.
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mdpeters posted User:Maksimbelolipec1993.
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mdpeters posted 2 items.
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mdpeters posted User:Neskvik2024.
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mdpeters posted User:Zibor1904.
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Weekly Digest for January 19th
By Michael Peters on January 19, 2012
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mdpeters posted User:RStaceyrtzx.
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mdpeters posted User:Tanttervoloomiwheatg.
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mdpeters posted Main Page.
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mdpeters posted User:Vellmnrat.
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Weekly Digest for January 12th
By Michael Peters on January 12, 2012
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mdpeters posted User:User b540d88d0463c65b.
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mdpeters posted 2 items.
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mdpeters posted User:Errerandtikarra.
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mdpeters posted User:GaleMcmahon.
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Weekly Digest for January 5th
By Michael Peters on January 5, 2012
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mdpeters posted User:Kaixinde.
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mdpeters posted User:Anin1543.
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mdpeters posted User:WikifaZefego.
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Weekly Digest for December 29th
By Michael Peters on December 29, 2011
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mdpeters posted 9 items.
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mdpeters posted User:BoermaHagglund.
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mdpeters posted User:Veida1976.
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mdpeters posted 2 items.
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Failure to Communicate: Pending US Congressional Orwellian Bills Threaten the Internet
By Michael Peters on December 27, 2011
In the spirit of the holiday season, three wise men, actually law professors, following an analysis, are warning that the proposed intellectual property PROTECT IP (Source: PROTECT IP) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (Source SOPA) legislation, currently working their way through Congress, will damage the world’s DNS system, cripple attempts to get better online security and violate free speech provisions in the US constitution (Source: Stanford Law Review).
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Weekly Digest for December 22nd
By Michael Peters on December 22, 2011
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mdpeters posted User:Vosag1684.
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Books by Michael D. Peters
By Michael Peters on December 13, 2011
Securing the C Level: Getting, Keeping or Reclaiming that Executive Title
ISBN-13: 978-1467968829
ISBN-10: 146796882X
Estimated bookshelf arrival January 2012.
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The Holistic Operational Readiness Security Evaluation
HORSE Project Series Volume 1
Governance Documentation and Information Technology Security Policies Demystified
ISBN-13: 978-1468063875
ISBN-10: 1468063871
Estimated bookshelf arrival March 2012.
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Obsolescence
ISBN-13: 978-1468081312
ISBN-10: 1468081314
Estimated bookshelf arrival November 2012.
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Are You Alert?
By Michael Peters on December 12, 2011
The world is full of information and it is becoming more transparent and more accessible to more people every day. This technological paradigm shift enables the individual and the organizational entities to discover more about another person or item of interest or even themselves. It becomes increasingly important to, where possible, control your digital spin. When anyone can and will search for you online, your Google results or search engine results are your calling card. Therefore, you should be aware of what comes up when someone enters your name or likeness into that digital dissection and analysis computing device. Really, you should. It is important for many reasons.
From a reputational standpoint, Read the rest of this entry »
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Weekly Digest for December 8th
By Michael Peters on December 8, 2011
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mdpeters posted User:Nasima-91.
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Securing the C Level
By Michael Peters on December 3, 2011
The production release of “Securing the C Level: Getting, keeping or reclaiming that executive title.” is being released soon through Amazon and thousands of other distribution outlets my publicist has informed me. The ISBN numbers are: ISBN-13: 978-1467968829 and ISBN-10: 146796882X. I’ll make signed copies available through MichaelPeters,org for purchase when the time comes.
The great New Yorker editor and writer, E.B. White, said when accepting the National Medal for Literature, “A writer’s courage can easily fail him . . . I admire anybody who has the guts to write anything at all.”
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Don’t worry, be happy
By Michael Peters on December 2, 2011
“Negativity poisons the intellectual and emotional fountain we all drink from.” – Michael D. Peters
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Weekly Digest for December 1st
By Michael Peters on December 1, 2011
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mdpeters posted User:EvanJeremy.
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mdpeters posted User:Pelmeobt.
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Juris Doctorate 161 of 161: perfectum, terminée, terminado, finito, finished!
By Michael Peters on November 29, 2011
Today is a great day. Those sequential steps, one in front of the other, that have led me to fruition. It is a funny sensation, but not unfamiliar to me, when you complete your mission, or challenge, or extended period of time devoted to anything that, when it is complete, we have a quiet sense of peace in accomplishment; a feeling of relief in prevailing against adversity or struggle and that ensuing void that was your constant companion.
“Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.” – Robert M. Hutchins
I am looking forward to reading normal books again and when this life learner inevitably becomes restless, then on to the next adventure.
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Weekly Digest for November 24th
By Michael Peters on November 24, 2011
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mdpeters posted 2 items.
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mdpeters posted User:Maximlat1969.
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mdpeters posted User:XXXXLIN188.
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Reputations
By Michael Peters on November 21, 2011
“Say it with roses, say it with mink, say it forever, then say it with hyper-link.” – Michael D. Peters
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Uninsured – Underinsured Information Highway Motorists
By Michael Peters on November 18, 2011
On the information freeway, the vast majority of the population is driving ninety miles per hour (144 KPH) without insurance; this includes business entities as well. In the United States, as in many other countries as well, the law dictates that a person possess a minimum level of automobile insurance to protect the financial stability of other drivers, their property and themselves in the event of a crash. Most people would not be able to afford the expenses associated with a crash should it occur. We all tend to dislike insurance, but are infinitely pleased when we have it in a time of catastrophe right? Read the rest of this entry »
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Weekly Digest for November 17th
By Michael Peters on November 17, 2011
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mdpeters posted 9 items.
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mdpeters posted User:Olylia1949.
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Juris Doctorate 159 of 161: Not an Oncoming Train!
By Michael Peters on November 14, 2011
That light at the end of the tunnel I see is not an oncoming train, but the culmination of literally years worth of hard academic work. I’ve fantasized a bit on what my post doctoral program would be like and what lifestyle changes I would need to adjust for. For the first time in my life that I recall, since Kindergarten, I’ve been in a formal academic program spending hours upon hours each week researching, reading text books and related materials, writing essays and taking tests. In two weeks time, Read the rest of this entry »
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Weekly Digest for November 10th
By Michael Peters on November 10, 2011
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mdpeters posted 2 items.
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mdpeters posted User:Kozikforever1965.
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mdpeters posted User:Irakoslenko1935.
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Weekly Digest for November 3rd
By Michael Peters on November 3, 2011
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mdpeters posted Personally identifiable information.
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mdpeters posted Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
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mdpeters posted 5 items.
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Weekly Digest for October 27th
By Michael Peters on October 27, 2011
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mdpeters posted 2 items.
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Shot Down in Flames! – That ROI for security or litigation is in jeopardy.
By Michael Peters on October 20, 2011
The Return on Investment, aka ROI, is an essential financial measurement for any business venture and one that must be positive, or at least neutral, in order to demonstrate the viability of the proposition being examined. There are certain essential business functions however that does not provide a return on your investment; and two of those functions would be legal representation and security, both physical and digital.
They are not investments providing a return, like an MRI or commerce site. Security expenses and legal expenses, if utilized correctly, earn their keep in risk avoidance which does translate into tangible financial savings. They are both about avoiding losses associated with business risks, not about financial return. Read the rest of this entry »
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Weekly Digest for October 20th
By Michael Peters on October 20, 2011
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mdpeters posted User:ErrolShieldsqbq.
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Would you buy a car without seat belts?
By Michael Peters on October 19, 2011
Recent headlines said, “Network ransacked in huge brute-force attack” (Source: The Register) and “Hackers break SSL encryption used by millions of sites” (Source: Huffington Post) among many other security and privacy news that fill the news outlets every time I look and listen.
The problem is not some new phenomenon, but one that continues to repeat itself again and again throughout human history. Complacency, deregulation and a lack of oversight repeatedly represent the 1-2-3 knockout count for organizations. We have everything we need to fix the fundamental problem and that is by using an alternative 1-2-3 knockout count through governance, technological control and vigilance. Read the rest of this entry »
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Weekly Digest for October 13th
By Michael Peters on October 13, 2011
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mdpeters posted Jurisdiction.
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The Death of Privacy?
By Michael Peters on October 12, 2011
Today, I propose we declare the death of privacy. In our technically advancing world, our personal privacy expectations must be reconsidered, re-conceived and redefined. We all expose ourselves through swipes, transactions, likes and tweets. Through handsets, television sets and mindsets, we voluntarily add our behavioral attributes to the associated handlers of our digital DNA almost entirely without consideration for personal privacy. Read the rest of this entry »
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Weekly Digest for October 6th
By Michael Peters on October 6, 2011
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Weekly Digest for September 29th
By Michael Peters on September 29, 2011
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mdpeters posted 5 items.
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Getting rid of getbetterlinks
By Michael Peters on September 22, 2011
I noticed site content links being introduced through my Firefox browser today. Apparently a browser extension called Betterlinks had been added by Mozilla in the latest updates. Betterlinks supplies alternative locations for content that may be in competition with your site by influencing your searching. My rhetorical question for the day is “Who gets to decide what links are supplied to visitors?” With many choices available through search engines, but only one through the http://www.getbetterlinks.com/ link, the deck is stacked against the competition, against freedom of choice and against the site visitor. I’m not sure where this browser application came from, who Mozilla included it, but it was certainly pushed to me without my real consent. The very nature of the application smells like it’s ripe for a good old fashion anti-trust lawsuit since it is essentially a brute force, pay-per-click application.
The good news is that you can uninstall it from the Firefox Add-ons Manager.
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FTC Proposes Significant Changes to the Online Collection of Information from Children rule
By Michael Peters on September 22, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission (“Commission”) released on September 15, 2011, its long-awaited proposed amendments to its rule implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA Rule”). They are accepting comments until November 28, 2011.
The Commission is proposing modifications to the COPPA Rule in three key facets: Read the rest of this entry »
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Weekly Digest for September 22nd
By Michael Peters on September 22, 2011
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mdpeters posted Industry Self-Regulation.
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Weekly Digest for September 15th
By Michael Peters on September 15, 2011
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mdpeters posted 3 items.
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mdpeters posted User:Saberforge1967.
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mdpeters posted User:Jjlacour.
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mdpeters posted User:Mumia.
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Weekly Digest for September 8th
By Michael Peters on September 8, 2011
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mdpeters posted 2 items.
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mdpeters posted User:Unitu.
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Machinery
By Michael Peters on September 7, 2011
“Some people are just cogs in a machine while others are the machine.” – Michael D. Peters
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Weekly Digest for September 6th
By Michael Peters on September 6, 2011
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mdpeters posted User:Olita.
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mdpeters posted 2 items.
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Easiest way to breach a bank? Just hold-em-mop!
By Michael Peters on September 3, 2011
On July 29, 2011, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced a $7,500 settlement with Belmont Savings Bank following a May 2011 data breach involving the names, Social Security numbers and account numbers of more than 13,000 Massachusetts residents. The bank has stated that it has no evidence of unauthorized access to or use of consumers’ personal information in connection with this breach.
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Expanding Security Breach Notification Requirements in California
By Michael Peters on September 2, 2011
A new amendment to California’s security breach notification law will raise the stakes for businesses required to give notice of a data security breach affecting California residents. California Senate Bill 24 (“SB 24”), signed by Governor Brown on August 31, 2011, imposes detailed new requirements for the content of security breach notices. Significantly, SB 24 also requires notice to the California Attorney General for larger-scale security breaches. Read the rest of this entry »
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Weekly Digest for September 1st
By Michael Peters on September 1, 2011
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mdpeters posted HIPAA.
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mdpeters posted 5 items.
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Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance Act – First Blush
By Michael Peters on August 31, 2011
The law does not lead, it follows. Our system is very reactive in nature. It tends to change, without my surprise, like people generally do as a direct result to negative events or influences. Smokers quit following the heart attack and our legal system create laws based upon past events. GPS technology has been around since about 1960. First used by the government, now used by nearly everyone and every company we interface with on a regular basis. You would think that 50+ years would be long enough to thoroughly and publicly vet any laws or regulations affecting the general population, but this never seems to be the case in a reactive society. Read the rest of this entry »
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