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Apr 24, 2018

A Fantastic Chart on the Admissibility of Electronic Evidence

Thanks to my friend Craig Ball for a "Christmas in April" gift of a splendid post on the admissibility of

Apr 23, 2018

Microsoft, Cisco and 32 Other Companies Sign 'Cybersecurity Tech Accord' to Boost Global Trust

Corporate Counsel reported last week that Microsoft, Cisco and 32 other companies have signed a 'Cybersecurity Tech Accord' to build

Apr 19, 2018

NIST Publishes New Version of its Cybersecurity Framework

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced on April 16th that it had released version 1.1 of its

Apr 18, 2018

Facebook Collects Shadow Profiles of People Who Never Signed Up for Facebook

Naked Security reported on something we all should have known, but which was confirmed when Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress.

Apr 17, 2018

Chinese Suspect Can’t Hide in Crowd of 60,000 People: Facial Recognition on Steroids

The Washington Post reported that a 31-year-old man, wanted by police, thought he would be safe going to an April

Apr 16, 2018

Disaster Strikes! What to Expect From a Good Mass Notification System

Legaltech News (sub. req.) had a nice article about what you should expect from a good mass notification system in

Apr 12, 2018

Ransomware Running Wild: The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report

The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) has been published and boy oh boy, does it have a lot

Apr 11, 2018

In Penetration Tests, 27% of Employees Fall for Phishing E-mails

TechRepublic reported on April 9th that, according to a 2018 report by security firm Positive Technologies, phishing was the most

Apr 10, 2018

Thousands Couldn’t Login to Office 365 – What Would You Do if You Were Out of Business?

Computer Business Review (and many others) reported on April 6th that Microsoft Office 365 was out of action for thousands

Apr 09, 2018

DC “Awash” With Cellphone Spying Devices

The Washington Post reported on April 3rd that, for the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence

Apr 05, 2018

Guide for Law Firms Selecting A Cloud-Based Vendor

The National Law Review recently carried an article about how law firms should go about selecting a cloud-based vendor. Here

Apr 04, 2018

Alabama Becomes the Last State to Enact a Data Breach Notification Law

As reported by The National Law Review, on March 28th Alabama's governor signed into law a data breach notification law,