Ride the Lightning

Dec 01, 2011

Data Breach at Santa's Workshop

We all know that the healthcare sector has been the most breached industry in 2011. It has experienced 170 breaches out

Nov 30, 2011

Telling a Client to Clean Up His Facebook Page Earn Court Sanctions

The title refers to a recent wrongful death case where an attorney was sanctioned for telling a client to clean

Nov 28, 2011

Is Information Security Hard and Expensive?

We recently wrote an article for the Canadian legal blog SLAW in which we said that information security was hard

Nov 23, 2011

Virginia Lawyer Hit with Record Sanction for Hiding an E-mail

When a lawyer hides a critical e-mail advising a client to hide Facebook postings that will hurt his personal injury case, you have

Nov 21, 2011

Taking Down the Bad Guys Takes a Team: Operation Ghost Click

There has been so much yammering about "public-private partnerships" to fight online crime that we've all become jaded. The partnerships

Nov 16, 2011

Oops! Fairfax Courtroom Sticky Note Blunder

Readers will know that John and I lecture throughout the country on information security and courtroom technology. Last night, we

Nov 14, 2011

Judge Orders Divorcing Couple to Divulge Social Media Passwords – Really?

Social media has spawned some rogue judicial decisions and Forbes reported last week on yet another one. Apparently, Judge Kennth

Nov 10, 2011

How "Dark" is E-Discovery Pricing?

I read a thoughtful article by Evan Koblentz on Law Technology News entitled, "The Dark Side of E-Discovery Pricing." Evan had been

Nov 07, 2011

Siri – Can She Spill Your Secrets? By Default, Yes.

The wonderful Canadian blog SLAW (ok, I'm prejudiced, John and I write for it) recently carried an excellent article by

Nov 03, 2011

Our Test Drive: Reed Tech Web and Social Media Archiving Services

Thanks to Rod Wittenberg and Matt Byrd for a tour of Reed Tech's Web and Social Media Archiving Services (and

Nov 02, 2011

Stupid is as Stupid Does: Social Media Posting Contributes to Life Sentence

The Roanoke Times recently reported on a case in which a once promising hip-hop musician pled guilty to his role in

Oct 31, 2011

Did the Chinese Military Hack Into Our Satellites?

Apparently Congress thinks so according to a recent report from Bloomberg. What's truly amazing is that the hacking occurred in