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    This blog, written in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish includes opinions, comments on recent news, laws or other developments, research notes and conference reports in the area of information security breaches, mainly in Europe, the United States and Latin America.

    It also features a "Library" that includes links to recent reports and surveys, practical guides, blogs and websites in the area, upcoming conferences, new data breach notification bills and laws, and other related resources.

    It should be of interest to company executives concerned with information security issues in their business, as well as to professionals practicing in the field of information security, privacy and data protection, along with the interested general public.

    The blog’s editor is Cédric Laurant, and Marie-Andrée Weiss and him the main authors.

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Buzz Lightyear Saved from Data Death

In a world where a residential fire occurs every 79 seconds, a laptop is stolen every 53 seconds and a hard drive crashes every 15 seconds, citizens are crying out for help. Do not fear, the Backup Battalion is here! Watch how these super-powered information protectors defend the planet from data-munching monsters and cloud-thrashing titans. Interested in joining the team? Then gather your favorite pair of spandex and read on!

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Designer: Thomas Saur. Available at http://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=10203.

How and Wow: Verizon’s Tactical Survey of Global Data Breaches

What is really happening on the ground with data breaches globally? The Verizon “2013 Data Breach Investigations Report” aggregates and analyzes data from over 47,000 data security incidents and 621 confirmed data breaches. Read this summation to acquaint yourself with the Report’s telling details, unexpected correlations and promising strategies for detection and prevention.

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"Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co." (Caja fuerte, Museo de Minería de Nacozari, Estado de Sonora, México) (Photo courtesy of Ricardo Alonso (c) 2010. All rights reserved.) Available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricardo_alonso/4818845451.

Todo lo que querías saber sobre la notificación de vulneraciones de datos personales en la nueva legislación mexicana (2da parte)

Las empresas mexicanas no sólo tienen que cumplir con una ley de protección de datos en vigor desde enero del 2012 que les impone nuevas obligaciones y mejores medidas de seguridad. También tienen que estar listas para notificar a los titulares cuando sufran una vulneración a sus datos personales. Con amenazas como el espionaje industrial, ciber-criminales, empleados negligentes y rumores de ciber-guerra, no existe ninguna organización inmune a las fugas de datos. Esta entrada explica como estar preparado y como interpretar la reciente ley. (2da parte)

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"Data Dump" by Seth Anderson (2008). Available at http://www.wylio.com/credits/Flickr/2704017177. Published under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license.

Todo lo que querías saber sobre la notificación de vulneraciones de datos personales en la nueva legislación mexicana (1ra parte)

Las empresas mexicanas no sólo tienen que cumplir con una ley de protección de datos en vigor desde enero del 2012 que les impone nuevas obligaciones y mejores medidas de seguridad. También tienen que estar listas para notificar a los titulares cuando sufran una vulneración a sus datos personales. Con amenazas como el espionaje industrial, ciber-criminales, empleados negligentes y rumores de ciber-guerra, no existe ninguna organización inmune a las fugas de datos. Esta entrada explica como estar preparado y como interpretar la reciente ley. (1ra parte)

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"Everyday life of bits and bytes" by Rene Jakobson.

Towards a New Personal Data Breach Notification Framework in the EU

The European Commission published recently a Proposal for a Regulation on personal data protection. If adopted, it would repeal the 1995 Data Protection Directive. The Proposal includes a new data security framework: both the data controller and the data processor would have to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures in order to ensure that data is secure; a personal data breach would have to be reported within 24 hours to the supervisory authority, and also, without undue delay, to the data subject if the breach would adversely affect his personal data or privacy. We comment some of the pending issues.

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"Masking" (Photo by Fred McWilson (c) 2006 - All rights reserved)

Implementation of Privacy by Design and Technical and Organizational Security Measures: The Data Masking Solution

The European Union is working on a revised set of rules for its data protection framework. The concept and principles of “privacy by design” has been incorporated in this draft. We will assess how data masking can be considered an effective data security measure and whether data masking fulfills privacy by design principles. Data masking is not encryption. It is a technique that provides for the replacement of real data with fictitious but realistic data in test environments.

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Conference: "Is Your Company at Risk? New Digital Risks and Computer Attacks: Forensic and Data Protection Aspects - International Perspectives and the New Colombian Legislation" (EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia - 16 Nov. 2011)

“Is Your Company under Threat? New Digital Risks & Computer Attacks: Forensic & Data Protection Aspects” (Conference in Medellin, Colombia, Nov. 16, 2011)

“Is Your Company at Risk? New Digital Risks and Computer Attacks: Forensic and Data Protection Aspects – International Perspectives and the New Colombian Legislation.” A conference (in Spanish) about the recent Colombian data protection law, on Nov. 16, 2011 at the Universidad EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia.

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"Future" (New York, NY, 2011) - Photo: Marie-Andrée Weiss

«Les droits de l’individu dans la révolution numérique» : l’Assemblée nationale française publie son rapport (5e et dernière partie)

Depuis le début de cette série, la loi française en matière de notification des failles de sécurité a déjà changé. D’autres changements sont à venir, alors que Madame Viviane Reding expose son intention d’introduire une notification obligatoire des failles de sécurité pour les services bancaires et financiers et que la Commission européenne a lancé le 14 juillet dernier une consultation sur les règles pratiques de notification des violations de données à caractère personnel. (5e et dernière partie de notre série)

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"Arc-en-ciel" (New York, NY, 2011) - Photo: Marie-Andrée Weiss

«Les droits de l’individu dans la révolution numérique» : l’Assemblée nationale française publie son rapport (4e partie)

Le rapport de l’Assemblée Nationale s’interroge également sur les garanties pour la confidentialité des données personnelles dans le ‘nuage’ et détaille les procédures légales d’exportation de ces données. (4e partie de notre série)

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"Summer Moon" (New York, NY, 2011) - Photo: Marie-Andrée Weiss

«Les droits de l’individu dans la révolution numérique» : l’Assemblée nationale française publie son rapport (3e partie)

Le rapport de l’Assemblée Nationale s’intéresse également à l’informatique dans les nuages, le ‘cloud computing’, qui présente de nombreux avantages économiques pour les entreprises, et même pour les gouvernements, mais dont l’utilisation n’est pas sans risques pour la sécurité des données personnelles. (3e partie de notre série)

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