LA Observed blogs on a data breach at UCLA:
Records containing the names, Social Security numbers and birth dates of students, faculty, employees and some applicants since the early 1990s may have been accessed.
It’s only a matter of time before consumer frustration gets so high that politicians recognize the advantage of getting involved.

In an April poll I conducted for the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, 75 percent of American adults said that making our information systems safer is a national security issue. Max Boot recently explained in the LA Times why he believes the American public is right in an opinion piece entitled “Are we the Mongols of […]

I think it’s fair to say I have done more policy-oriented public opinion research on cybersecurity than anyone. I have done polls in the United States and focus groups in the U.S. and throughout Europe. One of the things I have learned is that cybersecurity is not a top of mind concern for consumers. They […]

Just today I was reading about my friend and client, Paul Kurtz of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, as he testified on the Hill about the ongoing absence of a cyber security czar:
He also noted the absence of DHS [Department of Homeland Security] leadership in cyber security and the fact that there is no plan […]

Shawn Young of the Wall Street Journal reports on yet another data breach:
AT&T Inc. said Tuesday that hackers broke into one of its computer systems and stole credit-card numbers and other personal information from about 18,000 to 19,000 customers.
Elected officials need to do more to ensure data security. Much is at stake.

The Red Herring reports on the recent ratification by the U.S. Senate of an international treaty designed to promote global cooperation when it comes to fighting computer-related crimes. My client, Paul Kurtz of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, is quoted:
“National borders are virtually irrelevant to cybercriminals, making global cooperation absolutely critical in the battle against […]

Though Google denies it, many share the suspicion covered last week by Paul Boutin in Slate that one of the highlights of Google’s plan for world domination is rendering the chip inside each personal computer more or less irrelevant (and, by extension, the Microsoft Windows operating system as well) and instead making every keyboard and […]

The survey I conducted in April for the Cyber Security Industry Alliance demonstrated that privacy and data security were poised to become serious political issues in the November elections for Congress. Reinforcing that point is a recent story in The Hill - “The Newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress” - reporting on the recent […]