AT&T Wireless was recently hit with a security breach that compromised the call records and social security numbers of an undisclosed number of customers. We’ve commented before that companies are reluctant to disclose data breaches because it makes them look…
“Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) poses special security problems for corporations. Employees increasingly want to use their own devices – home computers, tablets, smartphones – to access corporate networks. Many employees have strong preferences for the technology platform they prefer,…
Should it be against the law to do research aimed at making the internet a safer place? The obvious answer should be “no.” Yet when dealing with the US government, you can’t necessarily count on the obvious being obvious. The…
