4 Privacy Predictions for 2015
It is that time of the year again…time for prognostications about the year ahead! I was asked to provide a few predictions for 2015. Based upon not only what I’ve seen in 2014, but also foreshadowing...
View ArticleData Collection Must be Limited for Internet of Things Privacy
The recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas was overflowing with new types of gadgets and devices that will become part of the Internet of Things (IoT). A business friend of mine attended...
View ArticlePerceptive Privacy Protectors Push for IoT Privacy Protections
Still relevant lessons in security economics I started working in the information security and privacy space in 1988 at a large multi-national financial and healthcare organization. Imagine trying to...
View ArticleHow businesses can reduce wearables security & privacy risks
“Everyone knows that hackers only go after big organizations!” the wearable medical device representative shouted at me after my presentation on the need to build security and privacy controls into...
View ArticleLook Backward to Be Future-Ready for BYOD
What does the past teach us about how to #befutureready in BYOD? During the last half of the 1990s there was concern for the growing use of employees’ own home desktop computers to dial-in to the...
View ArticleOrganizations Must Consider Privacy Harms
The expanding use of smart gadgets in the Internet of Things (IoT) is creating many more privacy risks than ever before encountered. Many businesses are also (finally!) starting to address privacy. And...
View ArticleHey, Developers! Save Privacy in the IoT Explosion
I’ve been concerned with and writing about the information security and privacy risks involved with the data created, transmitted and processed by smart devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) for...
View ArticleData Predictions: Looking Ahead to 2016
In November, some of my friends contacted me, saying they thought I did a pretty good job with my 2015 predictions, and wanted to know what I am predicting for 2016. So here are some good possibilities...
View ArticleThe Internet of Medical Things: Health Data Privacy
Note: This was written in early January for part of International Data Privacy Day and Iowa Data Privacy Day activities. It is just now being published due to some unforeseen delays. Do you have any...
View ArticleAre Smart Homes Security Dumb?
There are fascinating and potentially very helpful smart gadgets being introduced every day into the consumer market. Particularly to create “smart homes” that will make refrigerators, lights, doors,...
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