| Professional search engine optimization (SEO) companies amass an astounding amount of information. Unsurprisingly, Google is at the top of the totem pole of collecting and organizing search engine marketing campaign data. As SEO grows as an industry, the number of privacy concerns and legal battles around them has increased as [...] Efficient and accurate authentication of individuals is a growing challenge across a number of sectors. There are currently three main forms of authentication, based on something you know, something you have and something you are. The third form is especially interesting in light of biometric technologies as a means of verification. This article explores some recent applications of biometrics in Ontario. OLG and OIPC Announcement On November 12, 2010, Tom Marinelli, the Acting CEO of the Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG) and Dr. Ann Cavoukian, the Ontario Information & Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), announced a new development in privacy-protective facial recognition technology. [...] Cryptography refers to the science of rendering information unrecognizable and thus useless to those without proper authorization. This field includes mathematics, computer science and engineering. While cryptography was initially applied to protect message confidentiality, it has grown to include issues such as privacy concerns, data integrity, identity authentication, secure computing and more. This article introduces the field of cryptography, defines the basic concepts of encryption and decryption and discusses related concepts. It also explores current uses of cryptography in the information security [...] The CIA triad is a well-known model in information security development. It is applied in various situations to identify problems or weaknesses and to establish security solutions. It is an industry standard that information systems professionals should be familiar with. What is the CIA Triad? The CIA triad refers to an information security model made up of the three main components: confidentiality, integrity and availability. Each component represents a fundamental objective of information security. In order to avoid confusion, the CIA triad is sometimes referred to as the AIC triad, or PAIN, which stands for privacy, availability/authentication, integrity and non-repudiation. The three components [...] Executive Order 13402 commanded the creation of a Presidential Identity Theft Task Force to examine how the Federal Government could better respond to and protect against data breaches resulting in identity theft. Under Federal regulations, such as the Privacy Act of 1974 and the Federal Information Security Management Act, individuals are guaranteed the security of their data, making adequate protection of data a matter of [...] French citizens are beginning to weigh sacrificing the privacy held so dearly in the name of security. After listening to a round table forum with several well known French privacy advocates and security researchers, Shal “realized the antagonism between security & privacy was thinking all along that not getting the debate to some extent translated into other languages would be very unfortunate. The participants tackle the deployment of cameras over Paris, face recognition, RFID usage etc. This is part 6 of the [...] French citizens are beginning to weigh sacrificing the privacy held so dearly in the name of security. After listening to a round table forum with several well known French privacy advocates and security researchers, Shal “realized the antagonism between security & privacy was thinking all along that not getting the debate to some extent translated into other languages would be very unfortunate. The participants tackle the deployment of cameras over Paris, face recognition, RFID usage etc. This is part 5 of the [...] Swiss Researchers unveiled last month they successfully cracked Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECCp-112), using 200 Playstation 3s. The experiment took one year, but could be done in as little as 3 months. This has implications in security and privacy planning, as the amount and cost of equipment needed to break encryption continues to [...] French citizens are beginning to weigh sacrificing the privacy held so dearly in the name of security. After listening to a round table forum with several well known French privacy advocates and security researchers, Shal “realized the antagonism between security & privacy was thinking all along that not getting the debate to some extent translated into other languages would be very unfortunate. The participants tackle the deployment of cameras over Paris, face recognition, RFID usage etc. This is part 4 of the [...] French citizens are beginning to weigh sacrificing the privacy held so dearly in the name of security. After listening to a round table forum with several well known French privacy advocates and security researchers, Shal “realized the antagonism between security & privacy was thinking all along that not getting the debate to some extent translated into other languages would be very unfortunate. The participants tackle the deployment of cameras over Paris, face recognition, RFID usage etc. This is part 3 of the [...] | |