(March 2012) – Some things never change. From when personal computers first came around, you might remember a colleague or a friend showing off his/her “latest” i386 processor-based machine running the “sophisticated” Tank Wars game.  At the time, you’d have …

(September 2011) – Historically speaking, financial information has been the most important information asset. Ancient Mesopotamia used to protect financial and barter records of the royalty’s treasuries. Empires from Rome to India and Egypt to China used encryption to protect …

(August 2011) – While many executives focus their organization’s efforts and financial resources to protect their internal networks from external threats, like hackers, malware, intruders, and so on, a more dangerous organizational threat is often overlooked and sometimes ignored; the …

(July 2011) – A Brief History on SSAE 16 Since 1992, Statement on Auditing Standard (SAS) 70 has been the source of guidance for service organizations, user entity external auditors and service auditors. SAS 70 was recently divided and replaced …

(May 2011) – Last February, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Notice of Final Determination finding that a covered entity, Cignet Health of Prince George’s County, Maryland, violated the Privacy …

(April 2011) – During the past years, organizations have finally begun to pay more attention to the growing threat of cyber attacks. The disclosure from Google that its corporate information systems and those belonging to 20 other large companies were …

(February 2011) – Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services was first introduced in 2004, but it was six years later when first criminal was charged with hacking1. The six year lag time, however, does not indicate VoIP is any less …