It’s an oft-repeated mantra: Organizations engaged in or investigating cloud computing in any of its many flavors are concerned about security. In fact, concerns about security, data privacy and data residency are often cited as inhibitors to cloud adoption. But are the concerns justified? Som...
The three bills passed by the committee are the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act (S. 1151) sponsored by Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the Data Breach Notification Act (S. 1408) sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and the Personal Data Protection and Breach Accountability...
Three bills cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee in a markup session yesterday, bringing federal standards for breach notification and data security one step closer to reality. The three bills, proposed by Chairman Leahy (D-VT), Senator Blumenthal (D-CT), and Senator Feinstein (D-NH), would requir...
The U.S. Labor Department should try to make the regulations governing the security of information at retirement plans and health benefits plans as similar as possible, and leave room for technology changes. The panel, better known as the ERISA Advisory Council, advises the U.S. Labor Department and...
via Federal News Radio The Internet Policy Task Force says the Commerce Department should have its own privacy office and develop codes of conduct for companies that track people on the Internet. The Task Force, which is part of Commerce, argues that a privacy bill of rights should give Internet use...