Repost From Social Media to Lose Customers and Friends Fast
Last week one of my Facebook friends started a “friends only” discussion on his wall. It was a very interesting discussion, and one of his friends took the discussion, pretty much verbatim, and posted...
View ArticleAre You Faking It?
Are you faking it online? Or faking it at work? While faking it certainly has its benefits in both places, I want to touch upon a couple of concerns I have with using fake identities. Is real data...
View ArticleWork Area Reviews are Necessary for Effective Risk Management
There have been a lot online posts and talk lately about risk management and the “proper” or “acceptable” way to do risk assessments. It seems that the overwhelming talk, though, is only about the...
View ArticleGood Intentions Often Lead to Bad Privacy Results
Allowing Wall Street privacy law exemption is crazy! Why, you ask? Why, I’m happy to explain. In March, 2012, I wrote “6 Good Reasons NOT To Ask for Facebook Passwords“. Since that time legislation...
View ArticleDon’t Treat Privacy Breach Victims like a Spurned Lover
A new data breach research report is out, and it is a good read. This is the annual Experian/Ponemon Institute “Is Your Company Ready for a Big Data Breach?” report. I want to focus on one of the...
View ArticleI Don’t Need No Stinkin’ BA Agreement…or Do I?
Last week one of my Compliance Helper clients that is a health insurance company asked me the following question (slightly modified to protect their identity): For the past two years, we have tried to...
View ArticleAddress Privacy During Social Media Marketing
Over the past few months I’ve been creating some social media marketing privacy guidelines and requirements for a couple of my large clients. Today I read a post from a fellow IBM Midsize Insider...
View ArticleIf Compliance Isn’t Documented It Didn’t Happen
Most of the 250+ organizations I’ve audited, and the hundreds of others I’ve had as clients, hate documentation. At least creating documentation. So, they don’t do it, or they do it very poorly. Or,...
View ArticleEvery Business Must Be Prepared for the Unimaginable
Were you surprised to hear about the worker at the Chicago O’Hare airport last Friday? Certainly I was. Who would have ever thought someone working in the control center would light the hardware on...
View ArticleIt is Time to Set Social Media Rules
Over the past couple of weeks, I have spent a lot of time speaking with one of my clients about social media and posts from employees and contractors that may have a negative impact on the business....
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