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Profiting From Fraud Is Not Good Business, Protecting Your Customers Is

by Greg Young  |  November 27, 2009  |  2 Comments

Business and security can conflict.  The stereotype of security hindering innovation is sometimes true.  However in the case of telephone toll fraud, it is the a reverse-double-whammy where security can stop the business side from doing things that are bad for business in the long term. Take the case reported here, and imagine yourself as [...]

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Security Search of the Week

by Greg Young  |  November 26, 2009  |  Comments Off

Hospital Workers Snooping. According to a report, 15 hospital workers have been fired from a Southern California hospital for taking a peek without authorization at octuplet mom Nadya Suleman‘s records. [link] UCLA Medical Center will fire more than 13 employees and discipline others for snooping at the confidential medical reports of Britney Spears, who was [...]

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Remembrance Day

by Greg Young  |  November 11, 2009  |  Comments Off

In Canada Nov.11th is Remembrance Day, the equivalent of Memorial Day and a holiday for Gartner associates in Canada.  Poppies are worn on the lapel by most everyone and it is a fairly significant event here. Pretty much every male in our family served, so today we’ll take time at the 11th hour of the [...]

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