Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
The Trump administration has systematically fired federal privacy- and security-focused employees since taking office.
Three members of the bipartisan, independent agency, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (which was established by Congress in 2004 “to ensure that the federal government’s efforts to prevent terrorism are balanced with the need to protect privacy and civil…
The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) staggering unfettered access to all Americans’ personal information is highly concerning. DOGE employees’ access includes databases at the Office of Personnel Management, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Treasury.
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Every day it seems a new data security breach has occurred, a new “cyber hack” is in the news…making us run to our phones, computers, bank accounts, you name it, to see if we could be the “one” affected. As a result, more and more online transactions, websites, financial institutions, for work or personal, require longer and more complicated login user names and passwords. I can barely remember my name as it is….let alone the now at least 25 unique user names and passwords I have to keep in a notebook. I have security fatigue!
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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Defense Department announced this week that a Portland, Oregon based vendor has been selected to assist with breach notification and credit assistance for the almost 22 million individuals affected by the OPM data breaches. The cost? $133 million. Although the services that will be provided to…
