In this article, a new study show that 90% of people could not trust an organization that could not protect their confidential data.
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=132598
[Editor's Note (Valle): Common sense but many companies won't adequately budget for security until they lose confidential date and their executives end up on the front page of the Wall Street Journal.]
Automatic spam tool can post 1100 posts to websites, forums, and blogs in under 15 minutes.
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=5370
[Editor's Note (Valle): The disturbing thing is that this tool can read even difficult to decipher CATCHA systems. As more 2.0 technologies and websites depend on user feedback and content creation, this sort of spam issue has the potential to seriously cripple their value proposition.]
As PCI becomes more accepted as a security framework, we can expect to see more states adopt laws similiar to Minnesota.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9020923&
source=rss_topic17
[Editor's Note (Valle) Much of the PCI standard is just good network security practice that companies should have been implementing long ago.]
