Go Jen King! Awesome paper by a former colleague: Professor Alan Westin has pioneered a popular “segmentation” to describe Americans as fitting into one of three subgroups concerning privacy: privacy “fundamentalists” (high concern for privacy), “pragmatists” (mid-level concern), and the “unconcerned” (low or no privacy concern). When compared with these segments, Californians are more likely … Continue reading Privacy Research Challenges Self-Regulation →

CompTIA Research has published “Trends in Information Security”: Information security is seen as a key risk among firms, with 80% of US respondents indicating that it is considered top priority by management. Nearly two-thirds of US firms, more than half of UK and Chinese firms, and two-fifths of Canadian firms have implemented written IT security … Continue reading New Survey Data: Only 1/4 Breaches Are Intentional →

A story in The Register discusses an infrastructure compromise in Poland orchestrated by a motivated teenager: Transport command and control systems are commonly designed by engineers with little exposure or knowledge about security using commodity electronics and a little native wit. The apparent ease with which Lodz’s tram network was hacked, even by these low … Continue reading Polish teenager compromises local light rail →

According to the Star Bulletin a hospital in Hawaii actually caught the sneaky horse when it arrived on the third floor: The patient’s relative was intoxicated, said Lani Yukimura, spokeswoman for the hospital. And he called from the lobby to say he was bringing the horse up about 7 p.m., after employees at the front … Continue reading Horse Confronts Hospital Security in Hawaii →