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London 2012 Creates Olympic Challenge For IT Secur...

Duane Morris TechLaw security it london olympic 2012 | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Tuesday May 15, 2012 | By Eric J. Sinrod

The London Olympics are set to begin in about 10 weeks' time. And as the excitement and pageantry build, concern also is growing with respect to congestion and IT challenges. There is little question that London, an already densely populated urban...

FTC Released its Final Report Today on Best Practi...

Duane Morris TechLaw privacy internet security jeskie | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Monday March 26, 2012 | By Sandra A. Jeskie

Today, the Federal Trade Commission released its final report titled "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations For Businesses and Policymakers."  http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/03/privacyframework.shtm The...

Why You Should Buy PHI and PII Data Breach and Sec...

Duane Morris TechLaw insurance mhealth privacy gramm-leach-bliley ftc hhs mobile_health pii data_breach coppa ansi phi data security hipaa | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Thursday March 22, 2012 | By Lisa W. Clark

Click here to read latest blog on Why You Should Buy PHI and PII Data Breach and Security Incident Insurance.

Warning: If You Handle Protected Health Informatio...

Duane Morris Health Law hipaa mobile_health pii ftc coppa data_breach mhealth clark data security hhs privacy gramm-leach-bliley insurance phi ansi | Health Law | Thursday March 22, 2012 | By Lisa W. Clark

We live in the data age where every day a new technology is announced in business- and consumer-oriented ecommerce and mobile health (mhealth).  In response, in recent years, federal and state legislators have enacted strict data privacy and security...

Is Your Company At Risk For A Security Breach?

Duane Morris TechLaw company target password security attack risk breach sinrod | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Tuesday February 14, 2012 | By Eric J. Sinrod

Business want to know whether they are potential targets for security breaches, and if so, they seek to identify the types of electric records that may be at risk. The Trustwave 2012 Global Security Report sheds some light on these concerns by ...

FBI's Social Media Monitoring Plan Must Balance Pr...

Duane Morris TechLaw fbi security monitoring facebook privacy twitter media social | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Wednesday February 01, 2012 | By Eric J. Sinrod

A few weeks ago this blog pointed out that the Department of Homeland Security's command center regularly monitors social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, popular sites like Hulu, controversial sites including WikiLeaks, and news and...

The Ever Expanding Data Breach Notification Laws…

Duane Morris TechLaw data_breach jeskie security_breach privacy security | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Thursday October 06, 2011 | By Sandra A. Jeskie

Just when you thought the state breach notification laws could not get more cumbersome, states continue to amend their breach notification laws in an effort to expand the content and reach of the notice.   Texas Amendment Requires Notification to...

Anonymous Educates Us About Security-- Again

Duane Morris TechLaw data_breach security privacy burton | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Wednesday August 17, 2011 | By Joseph M. Burton

Another data breach carried out by the “hactivist” group known as “Anonymous” provides an opportunity for businesses to become reacquainted with several important data security concepts. First let’s briefly review the  background of the incident. ...

Employee Theft of Trade Secrets – Protecting the F...

Duane Morris TechLaw security trade_secrets jeskie | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Tuesday August 02, 2011 | By Sandra A. Jeskie

One of the most valuable assets of any company is its intellectual property.   Although technology has led to great efficiencies, it has also created new exposures for businesses, particularly with respect to the protection of valuable trade secrets....

There Is No Genuine Information Without Security

Duane Morris TechLaw security burton data_breach | Information, Technologies and Telecom | Wednesday July 06, 2011 | By Joseph M. Burton

Whether we like it or not, information really is king. This has been true for a while now, but it is even more clearly so now.   In one way or another we now depend upon digital information for almost everything: to protect us, feed us, cloth us,...


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