• Patch Lady – 31 days of Paranoia – Day 29

    Posted on October 29, 2018 at 22:56 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Today’s topic of paranoia is one that I’m already paranoid over.  While 2017 had the largest number of public data breaches, there is a bigger risk that I’m concerned about.  That of the data breaches that we aren’t aware of.  Just about every day I hear on the radio or TV an ad for identity theft monitoring services that tout the ability to search the “dark web” for sensitive information.  I chuckle a bit a that because for something to be truly found on the dark web, then it’s no longer “on” the dark web but exposed as a known breach.  I don’t buy for one minute that these identity theft companies have the ability to see into the dark web before the bad guys find ways to obfuscate it again.

    I’m paranoid that we’re always going to be one step behind the bad guys, with our financial institutions (who already have proven that they can’t be trusted) making security decisions that are good enough.  Good enough for their bottom line, but not good enough for our data.  I’m paranoid that our legislature won’t understand the cyber issues well enough to ensure we have laws in place to disclose breaches and protect our data.

    So?  Are you as paranoid as I am?  Do you think we’re doing enough to protect our financial data?  What do you think they should do to make it better?

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