Massachusetts AG Says Having a WISP is Not Enough to Comply With Massachusetts Data Security Regulations The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and Belmont Savings Bank have agreed to resolve allegations that Belmont Savings Bank has violated the Commonwealth’s stringent data security regulations (see our post about 201 CMR 17.00 here) through an Assurance of Discontinuance, […]

This 31-minute webinar shows you how Kids have been denied College Admissions, thrown out of college or kicked out of their majors Interns and employees have cost their employers thousands (or millions) of dollars How kids and adults have gone to jail, around the world, due to mistakes in Social Media Please share this webinar […]

We’ve said for years that the internet remembers forever.  Here’s proof that Facebook embodies that ethos… Here’s a SMALL sampling of what Zuckerberg collects, repacages and sells…but never deletes…. Pokes are kept even after the user “removes” them. Facebook is collecting data about people without their knowledge. This information is used to substitute existing profiles […]

Raj Goel, CISSP CTO Brainlink International, Inc. raj@brainlink.com 917-685-7731 Raj’s LinkedIn profile This article appeared on LAW.com John Edwards (no, not THAT John Edwards) did a great job of summarizing various backup tools available for CLOUD backups, and some risks inherent in it. My opinion is that law firms should NOT be using public or […]

Raj Goel, CISSP CTO Brainlink International, Inc. raj@brainlink.com 917-685-7731 Raj’s LinkedIn profile This article appeared in InfoSecurity Magazine Issue 6 It’s no secret that Google retains search data and metadata regarding searches—in fact, it’s quite open about doing so. What’s unsure, though, is the long-term threat to information security and privacy. Let’s review Google’s elements. […]