Comments on: 2.3 Million Consumer Financial Records Stolen

By: Joe Koch

Joe Koch — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:48:18 +0000

Some time ago I read in the Financial Security Digest a statement that also the Social Security Commission made and I’d like to have the date and which edition of the Digest it can be found. It was, primarily, that “95% of Americans are broke at age 60.” That may not be the exact wording, but it’s very close. If you can supply the date and source of the SSC’s quote on that statement, I’d appreciate receiving that also. Appreciate your response. Thank you. Joe

By: Slavik

Slavik — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:21:40 +0000

It’s funny – I’ve seen some reactions to the effect of “DBAs must be trustworthy. If you don’t trust your DBA, fire him and hire someone you can trust”. I think this is naïvete to the extreme. People are not inherently trustworthy or not trustworthy. Certainly I don’t know of DBAs with a history of antisocial behavior and a criminal record… It depends on the situation. Take someone you consider trustworthy, add a pinch of anger/dissatisfaction and a dash of temptation/greed, and voila, they’re not so trustworthy anymore. And I haven’t even mentioned the more extreme situations of blackmail, duress or financial trouble. This is why supervision, monitoring, auditing and all the other measures are necessary.

By: Liquidmatrix Security Digest » Fidelity Insists Insider Threat No Cecurity Concern

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:54:35 +0000

[...] (insert deity). I have had my fill of spin doctors. This really is too much. With regards to the theft of the data the spin docs for Fidelity had this to say. Although the employee was authorized to access the [...]

By: Fidelity breach illustrates the insider nightmare — Security Bytes

Fidelity breach illustrates the insider nightmare — Security Bytes — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:59:42 +0000

[...] Dave Lewis says in his Liquidmatrix blog that this is a poignant example as to why enterprises have to keep tabs on their employees. [...]

By: The "Insider Statistic", Good Data, & Risk | RiskAnalys.is

The "Insider Statistic", Good Data, & Risk | RiskAnalys.is — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:42:52 +0000

[...] course, that’s not to say that there aren’t outliers. You can find yourself in a heap of trouble thanks to what we used to call the “Chad gone [...]