Isaac Wolf, a reporter for Scripps Howard News Service, said he was just doing a basic Google search when he stumbled upon Social Security numbers and other sensitive records lying wide open on the Internet. But after Wolf and his colleagues revealed in a story last week that two companies had left…
Praising employees increases productivity
Offering more than a pat on the back can be good for company’s bottom line. Photo: ThinkStock In the day of the recession—and post-recession—many bosses were more focused on keeping their companies afloat and many workers were happy to still be employed. Some pre-recession practices fell by the wayside in…
Two Colombian government employees arrested for selling sensitive information
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security A former prosecutor and a clerk in Colombia’s office of attorney general have been arrested for selling sensitive information about U.S. narcotics prosecutions in New York. The two Colombian nationals were arrested on Nov. 16 in Bogotá and charged with obstruction of justice, said…
DOT anticipates 400 reports annually of ‘close calls’ from Washington transit authority employees
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: A WMATA transit accidentoccurred in June 2009 The U.S. Department of Transportation plans to set up a program under which it would expect to receive approximately 400 confidential reports each year from employees of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority about “close…
Suspect Detection System’s Cogito interrogation system has screened airline employees
Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security Image Caption: A Cogitomobile unit Suspect Detection Systems Inc., a developer of counter-terror and crime prevention technology, announced on July 16 that several thousand aviation employees of a major American airline have been screened utilizing the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
Crime Scene Report: Bank employees foil potential credit card scam
A pair of alert Palm Beach bank employees headed off a credit card scam, but the alleged perpetrators walked away, leaving behind a fake but apparently skillfully produced driver’s license. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
DJJ employee’s firing in Claxton part of statewide investigation into juvenile facilities
Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 CLAXTON, Ga. — A statewide investigation into youth facilities has led to the termination of another Department of Juvenile Justice employee, this time in Claxton, Ga. Juvenile Probation and Parole Specialist Johnny D. Waters was fired from the Claxton Community Service Office for alleged “inappropriate use…
ProtectMyID: Office thieves can include coworkers, temporary employees, and nighttime staff—don’t leave personal items unattended at work. #identitytheft
ProtectMyID: Office thieves can include coworkers, temporary employees, and nighttime staff—don’t leave personal items unattended at work. #identitytheft View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Study: Employees Fall for Email, Social Media Phishing Attacks at Work [VIDEO] (Mashable)
Mashable – [brightcove video=”1336135146001″ /] A recent study surveyed multiple companies and found that 43% of their employees clicked on simulated bad links that led to phishing attacks and malware. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Most Younger Employees Don’t Follow IT Security Policies
Fully 70 percent of employees age 21-29 often ignore their companies’ security policies, according to a Cisco-sponsored survey. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security