Comments on: Remember Mafiaboy? http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2008/12/04/remember-mafiaboy/ Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:45:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Colin McKay http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2008/12/04/remember-mafiaboy/comment-page-1/#comment-1858 Colin McKay Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:57:08 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=172#comment-1858 Hi Mike, and thanks for the very pertinent comments. We've certainly seen a lot of reporting about the challenges faced by CIOs and their staff over the past year of so, and you're right that the bigger threat to identity is likely from INSIDE the organization. Unfortunately, those stories don't make sexy consumer television most of the time. Hi Mike, and thanks for the very pertinent comments. We’ve certainly seen a lot of reporting about the challenges faced by CIOs and their staff over the past year of so, and you’re right that the bigger threat to identity is likely from INSIDE the organization.

Unfortunately, those stories don’t make sexy consumer television most of the time.

]]> By: mike waddingham http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2008/12/04/remember-mafiaboy/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 mike waddingham Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:16:53 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=172#comment-1843 The CBC documentary Web Warriors was quite fascinating to watch, but not for the reasons that the producers intended. As someone that makes his living in the identity management and security services field, I was hoping for some insights and balanced reporting on the important issues around privacy and security. Instead, the breathless narration, old-news stories, exaggerated reports of damages and over-baked security paranoia (did you catch the hammer-and-sickle flag -- classic!) made it difficult to take the documentary seriously. Missing entirely was a discussion about real problems in information security and privacy, things like insider information theft, poor adherence to policies, human error and lack of security awareness in large organizations. And where was the Corporate Information Security Officer to provide an explanation of how modern security controls -- intrusion detection, monitoring, audit -- are mitigating risk and helping to engender trust? I suppose if the show creates discussion on these issues it can't be bad -- but shame on Mother Corp. for a blatantly unbalanced and biased report. Mike codetechnology.ca The CBC documentary Web Warriors was quite fascinating to watch, but not for the reasons that the producers intended. As someone that makes his living in the identity management and security services field, I was hoping for some insights and balanced reporting on the important issues around privacy and security.

Instead, the breathless narration, old-news stories, exaggerated reports of damages and over-baked security paranoia (did you catch the hammer-and-sickle flag — classic!) made it difficult to take the documentary seriously.

Missing entirely was a discussion about real problems in information security and privacy, things like insider information theft, poor adherence to policies, human error and lack of security awareness in large organizations. And where was the Corporate Information Security Officer to provide an explanation of how modern security controls — intrusion detection, monitoring, audit — are mitigating risk and helping to engender trust?

I suppose if the show creates discussion on these issues it can’t be bad — but shame on Mother Corp. for a blatantly unbalanced and biased report.

Mike
codetechnology.ca

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