Today, John Leland and Tom Zeller Jr. of the New York Times write the first in a series about identity theft called “Stolen Lives”:
Data breaches in the last year have exposed the personal information of more than 80 million Americans, according to the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization that follows identity theft. On May […]

Michel Marriott of the New York Times reports on the increased use of the Internet by U.S. minorities:

“What digital divide?” Magic Johnson, the basketball legend, asked rhetorically in an interview about his new Internet campaign deal with the Ford Motor Company’s Lincoln Mercury division to use the Internet to promote cars to black prospective buyers.
The […]

One of my clients is the Cyber Security Industry Association, a trade group that is trying to get policymakers to think smart about public protection when it comes to all the ways in which technology connects us. I was reading a recent article, “The Internet is Broken” in Technology Review, when I came across the […]

Randall Stross of the New York Times writes about the sad shape of Internet service in American homes. Little did I know that consumers in other countries have it so much better:
Until we get an upgrade - or rather an upgrade to an upgrade - the only Americans who will enjoy truly fast and inexpensive […]

Michael Barbaro of the New York Times reports on the big holiday season enjoyed by 0nline retailers:
Online retailers, whose growth was expected to level off after a decade of dizzying gains, experienced a stellar holiday season, according to two preliminary reports released yesterday, as traditional stores like Wal-Mart and Target cemented their place on the […]

More than five years ago, President Clinton was already speaking of the promise and pitfalls of connectedness:
The very openness of our borders and technology, however, also makes us vulnerable in new ways. The same technology that gave us GPS and the marvelous possibilities of the Internet also apparently empowered a student sitting in the Philippines […]

Even though the CSIA survey was completed almost 5 months ago, Time Magazine saw fit to reference one of the more salient findings in this week’s edition:
According to a recent survey by the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, an industry advocacy group, 48% of Internet users avoid making purchases online because they are nervous their financial […]

One of my clients is the Cyber Security Industry Association, a DC-area trade group made up of both software and hardware manufacturers whose businesses focus on making the Internet safe. The best known of the companies in the alliance are probably Symantec and McAfee, makers of anti-virus software among other products. With state legislatures around […]