Data Breach Danger

  • exactly Jeff - which brings me right back to first post about utility of a gov approved & certifiable architecture / design pattern for databases containing personal data that would standardize the way we do this and allow standard security tools & tools to be applied. The structure could be included as a requirement within the FOI or other relevant guidelines. There are best practices out there but no standards that i know of...

  • I believe that an analogy can be made between a data breach and an accidental spill of industrial pollution into a river. It would be pretentious to argue that the company is not liable simply because no immediate (or even downstream) damage linked back to the incident can be proven. If a congressman or Mark Zuckerberg would feel violated and demand retribution as a result of having their medical records stolen, then the same standard should apply to those of us in the general public. We live in a society where it's considered a tragedy if something bad happens to a celebrity or when one specific individual is targeted, and yet if the exact same thing happens to a large random group of people, then it's somehow not considered as bad. That way of thinking protects the status quo. Let's take some responsibility and start solving these issues rather than just attempting to remediate events the after the fact and only when forced to do so.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Eric M Russell - Friday, November 9, 2018 2:00 PM

    I believe that an analogy can be made between a data breach and an accidental spill of industrial pollution into a river. It would be pretentious to argue that the company is not liable simply because no immediate (or even downstream) damage linked back to the incident can be proven. If a congressman or Mark Zuckerberg would feel violated and demand retribution as a result of having their medical records stolen, then the same standard should apply to those of us in the general public. We live in a society where it's considered a tragedy if something bad happens to a celebrity or when one specific individual is targeted, and yet if the exact same thing happens to a large random group of people, then it's somehow not considered as bad. That way of thinking protects the status quo. Let's take some responsibility and start solving these issues rather than just attempting to remediate events the after the fact and only when forced to do so.

    what an astute and well-written argument

  • grenm - Monday, November 12, 2018 2:45 AM

    Eric M Russell - Friday, November 9, 2018 2:00 PM

    I believe that an analogy can be made between a data breach and an accidental spill of industrial pollution into a river. It would be pretentious to argue that the company is not liable simply because no immediate (or even downstream) damage linked back to the incident can be proven. If a congressman or Mark Zuckerberg would feel violated and demand retribution as a result of having their medical records stolen, then the same standard should apply to those of us in the general public. We live in a society where it's considered a tragedy if something bad happens to a celebrity or when one specific individual is targeted, and yet if the exact same thing happens to a large random group of people, then it's somehow not considered as bad. That way of thinking protects the status quo. Let's take some responsibility and start solving these issues rather than just attempting to remediate events the after the fact and only when forced to do so.

    what an astute and well-written argument

    I believe an analogy could be made between big data aggregators like Google / Facebook and the 19th century industrial robber barons. The public doesn't know what data is being collected and how it's being (mis)used. These same companies, because of their reach into digital media, are also in a position to control the narrative. They want the public to see the world through a filtered lens that their own creation (ie: search ranking, content filtering, and augmented reality). Considering the scope of the problem, I'm surprised that more politicians (especially third party candidates) don't exploit digital security as a hot button campaign issue, but instead all politicians seem to talk about are illegal immigrants or neo-Nazis.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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