"Literally, in my entire time working in the privacy field, I've never seen such profound and aggressive activity by the government in the privacy space," privacy expert Thomas Oscherwitz says.
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A new White House plan to reform how the feds manage IT should not only drive efficiencies but help secure digital assets, says Tim Young, former Office of Management and Budget deputy administrator for e-government and IT.
Cybersecurity reform stopped in the Senate, White House unveils new way to manage federal IT that emphasizes cloud computing and data consolidation and tips on preventing a WikiLeaks-style breach.
Hemu Nigam says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has become akin to a "cyber messiah" And Assange's followers have proven: "If you turn your back on our messiah, we are going to take you down."
"We use the Social Security number in every aspect, both mundane and sensitive," says Conti, coauthor of a report on the military's use of personal identifiable information. "It's everywhere, so we're courting disaster in how we us it."
Unfettered access to state data "is the kind of stuff that causes me to lose sleep at night," Delaware CSO Elayne Starkey says, in explaining new, stringent rules to let employees use their own smart phones to access state networks.
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