Wael Aggan
Recent Posts
Apr 05
This article is the third in a series that discusses data breach threats and possible solutions. The first two articles, “What You Need to Know,” and “Threats and Consequences,” make it clear that businesses need to take action to reduce data breach risks. The current article presents encryption as a possible solution but details what type of encryption is needed to...
Mar 24
This article is the first of a series that explores data breach issues, threats to data security, compliance with regulations and effective solutions to reduce the risk of data breaches. In "What You Need to Know” we define key terms and provide an overview of the data security problems businesses are facing. Data breaches are becoming more frequent while government...
Feb 13
Effective cybersecurity is essential for law firm operations, for regulatory compliance and for keeping a good reputation, but it requires a familiarity with the principles of secure IT. Legal ethics require that lawyers keep private information secure and preserve client records. As a member of the legal profession, you have to ask how service providers deal with...
Jan 29
The discussion of data breach liability is complex. In the Wired article “The Crooked Path to Determining Liability in Data Breach Cases “ highlights the complexity of this issue. Hackers target the weakest link along the chain of entities that protect customer data. Because the harm from data breaches falls to each party not just the party that failed to implement...
Jan 12
Where is the evidence that current cybersecurity spending works? Cybersecurity and data breaches continue to make headlines as businesses and associations around the world fall victim to network intrusion and data theft. However, some organizations are still hesitant to just start spending thousands of dollars upgrading their security systems and improving data...
Nov 26
The application of best practices to a business process can give you the results you want. For example, quality assurance best practices result in the specified level of product quality and best practices in manufacturing reduce the number of product defects. Applied to data security, best practices can keep the data on your computer and mobile devices safe as long as it...
Nov 17
Part I of this series, “A shifting Legal Landscape” looked at the changing business environment and the need for secure data access. It then discussed the threats to client confidentiality that accompany such technological changes. Part II, “Protecting Client Confidentiality to Meet Ethical Obligations,” suggests a way you can protect yourself against these threats and...
Nov 14
This two-part series explores how information security enables and helps expand your practice by utilizing available cloud resources. Part one explores the changing business environment and the need to collaborate in a simpler, controlled and secure way. Part two discusses the technology changes, the risks of using technology and how to mitigate these risks. A Shifting...
Nov 06
Your data privacy is under more of a threat than ever. In the age of cybercrime, cyberwarfare and cyberespionage, the average consumer might feel as though they are safe from hackers. There are bigger fish to fry, right? Unfortunately, your data privacy is under more of a threat than ever, as everyone from cybercriminals to government agencies and major tech companies...
Oct 30
American organizations should double down on data security with encryption and implement new data protection strategies in light of data privacy movements overseas. The Safe Harbor ruling certainly introduced a wrench into the typical enterprise's data security strategy, as it essentially dissolved a long-standing agreement between the U.S. and EU in regard to data...
