M.E. Kabay
See you anon: Reflections on online anonymity
I've never been much of a fan of anonymity. Long-established research in social psychology pointed out that anonymity increases anti-social behavior.
Coping with HIPAA regulations: Electronic faxes
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act mandates reasonable safeguards in communicating patient medical data from one care-provider to another. In this second of two columns on the subject, we look at alternatives to...
HIPAA on phones, faxes and e-mail
My wife Deborah Black (light of my life) is a neuropsychiatrist who works at two different clinics. Sometimes patients are referred from one clinic to the other, and the question arises of how to transmit the details of their medical...
Homeland Security Digital Library – Priceless resource
The Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Security and Defense (CHSD) is a world-standard institution in information assurance (IA) and homeland security (HS) education. Established in 2003 as a response to the horrific events...
Velocihackers and Tyrannosaurus superior
In the early 1990s, I used to write for the paper version of Network World. Recently I was watching the 1993 hit movie "Jurassic Park" and I recalled a column I wrote back then that caused a flurry of comment and that may interest...
Justifying spontaneous computer seizures
In the previous article in this column, we looked at the fundamental exclusion of border-crossing regulations from constitutional protections against arbitrary search and seizure. Today we continue the examination of the issue of...
Search and seizure: No Fourth-Amendment rights at Borders
In 2002, the Homeland Security Act established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) combining a number of U.S. law enforcement andd. The US Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service contributed to the...
Information assurance must adapt to changing technology
The new semester has begun at Norwich University and we've had a couple of class sessions for the IS340 Introduction to Information Assurance course. One of the changes I've made in the last year is that I no longer inflict death by...
COBIT 5: New evolution of COBIT guidance
Ken Vander Wal, CISA, CPA is International President of ISACA. COBIT is the well known framework formerly known as Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology. Mr. Vander Wal contributed the following announcement and I...
NICE Move: Draft National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education
The following is the full text of an important announcement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). I urge all readers to participate in the review process. Readers' experience and insights can shape the future...
Synchronizing software with ViceVersa
Keeping computers and disk drives synchronized is useful as part of a thorough business continuity strategy. The free SyncToy software has problems, as described in the previous column.