Security Renaissance

Promoting the art and mindset of information security

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(lowercase) a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance

Archive for the 'Awareness' Category

Ryan Singel and Kevin Poulsen just put out a blog posting noting that we have just passed the 100 million mark for lost/stolen records which contain personal information.
This is, of course, only a milestone if one chooses to accept the ChoicePoint breach as the starting point for counting such losses. While, due to […]

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CNBC Privacy documentary

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

published simultaneously on Whoops-a-Data.com
A few days ago I realized how much information I take for granted. The reason I say this is because I had the pleasure of watching the CNBC privacy documentary Big Brother Big Business with my wife. She was truly shocked to see how companies are able to compile and use […]

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