Author Archives: David Lineman

New legislation may help prosecution of ID theft

Companies that have their identities used in phishing scams have little recorse in stopping the [...]

Security Policy on Social Networking Sites

Social Networking sites present some unique challenges for organizations that must attract and keep young [...]

Required Acknowledgement of Security Policy Changes

Legal precedents are beginning to dictate a new standard for the notification of policy changes [...]

Contractors fined for not following security policy

In July 2007, several contractors of Los Alamos National Laboratory were fined a total of [...]

Policy Controls for Building Secure Applications

A number of recent surveys indicate that an increasing number of attacks are targeting applications, [...]

COBIT or ISO17799?

Many organizations just getting started with information security policies ask us the question: Should we [...]

Information Shield Announces New Version of Leading Security Policy Library

Information Security Policies Made Easy, Version 10 Now Available Houston, Texas – May 10, 2005 [...]