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Sloppy Disposal Aids Cybercriminals

For day 3 of Global Security Week I want to talk a little bit about the importance of securely disposing of your papers and storage media that contains personal information......

Company Uses Negotiated Checks For Packing Material!

Not much surprises me any more with regard to some of the silly things that organizations do with printed PII that put the involved individuals at risk. However, I was surprised when I watched an ABC News report this morning......

Have You Looked In Your Trash Bins Lately?

It shouldn't still amaze me, but it does, how often so many organizations just dump huge amounts of printed paper containing tons of personally identifiable information (PII) right into their dumpster sitting behind their building, in the alley, or some...

FTC Fines Mortgage Co. For Tossing PII Into Dumpster: FACTA/FCRA, GLBA, & FTC Act Violations

On December 17 the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined and penalized American United Mortgage Company for throwing the personally identifiable information (PII) and financial information of its customers and consumers into an open, publicly-accessible dumpster. Under the terms of...

Information Security: Laws Require Secure Disposal of Information in All Forms; Using BS 8470:2006 for Compliance

Many information security incidents have occurred through non-technical means by simply and thoughtlessly throwing away printed documents into publicly-accessible trash bins, or even putting computers and sensitive documents out on the streets. I have blogged about this several times, such...

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