Came across a news item in the Bay Area section of the San Francisco Chronicle. The problem is that people are downloading and moving data via systems that do not encrypt before and during transfer...and keep secure upon download. If this information had been downloaded and kept disconnected with FieldSpace this data would never have been exposed.
The news item:
BERKELEY Cal issues alert about stolen laptop computer It contains 98,000 Social Security numbers -- notifications to warn of identity-theft risk - Charles Burress, Chronicle Staff WriterTuesday, March 29, 2005
A laptop computer containing Social Security numbers of more than 98,000 graduate students, graduate school applicants and other individuals was stolen two weeks ago from an unlocked office at UC Berkeley, campus officials said Monday.
There is no evidence that the personal data was retrieved or misused, said UC Berkeley spokeswoman Marie Felde.
In line with a 2002 state law requiring public notification of large data leaks, the campus is attempting to notify all those whose personal information was in the computer. Also, to address the possibility of identity theft, Cal officials are suggesting that affected people consider placing a fraud alert on their credit-reporting accounts.
The incident is the third serious data breach at UC Berkeley within the past two years and the latest of several recent compromises of personal information across the country that are prompting calls for tougher data protections.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Blogs & Wikis: Technologies for Enterprise Applications?
Found this at THE GILBANE REPORT.
Blogs & Wikis: Technologies for Enterprise Applications?
It would be difficult to find anyone who spends time on the Internet, or indeed who reads newspapers, who has not heard of blogs. Wikis are less well known, though Wikipedia, the free online collaborative encyclopedia is helping to change that. The vast majority of blogs are individual personal journals, many of which have some technical content, but most of which are made up of individual opinions about politics or hobbies. Most of the discussion about blogs is centered around their affect on mainstream journalism, their power as a new communication channel and voice of the people, and how this will impact society. All this is interesting, but what does it have to do with implementing content or knowledge management, or enterprise collaboration applications? IT, business managers, and even analysts can be forgiven for thinking not much. In fact, we have been skeptical ourselves. But, being dismissive of blogs and wikis because of how they are most often used, and talked about, today is a mistake (PCs and web...
Blogs & Wikis: Technologies for Enterprise Applications?
It would be difficult to find anyone who spends time on the Internet, or indeed who reads newspapers, who has not heard of blogs. Wikis are less well known, though Wikipedia, the free online collaborative encyclopedia is helping to change that. The vast majority of blogs are individual personal journals, many of which have some technical content, but most of which are made up of individual opinions about politics or hobbies. Most of the discussion about blogs is centered around their affect on mainstream journalism, their power as a new communication channel and voice of the people, and how this will impact society. All this is interesting, but what does it have to do with implementing content or knowledge management, or enterprise collaboration applications? IT, business managers, and even analysts can be forgiven for thinking not much. In fact, we have been skeptical ourselves. But, being dismissive of blogs and wikis because of how they are most often used, and talked about, today is a mistake (PCs and web...
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
TRAVEL BLOGS
Found this great article at Forbes about Travel blogs.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2003/10/02/cx_cv_1002blog.html
It seems that travelers might want a system by which they can download their blogs, create posts, and comment on posts while disconnected from the Web. And then when the traveler comes across a connection, the work they have done on their blog on their laptop would connect to their blogs and put up their posts and comments.
I'm looking for travelers who might want to try such a system. Post a comment here?
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2003/10/02/cx_cv_1002blog.html
It seems that travelers might want a system by which they can download their blogs, create posts, and comment on posts while disconnected from the Web. And then when the traveler comes across a connection, the work they have done on their blog on their laptop would connect to their blogs and put up their posts and comments.
I'm looking for travelers who might want to try such a system. Post a comment here?
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