Prism doesn't have CIOs in a panic -- yet

Computerworld Security: June 18, 2013
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Prism doesn't have CIOs in a panic -- yet

Revelations over the U.S. National Security Agency's Prism surveillance program
have much of the general public in uproar, but in terms of the controversy's
impact to enterprise IT, some CIOs have measured, albeit watchful reactions.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Preston Gralla: Microsoft: We've had surveillance requests on over 31,000 customers
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8621663/823929835/616298/0/

2. Yahoo discloses user data requests from US law enforcement agencies
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8621663/823929835/616299/0/

3. NSA can access data without court approval, leaker says
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8621663/823929835/616300/0/

4. Jonny Evans: Woz says no to PRISM in the free world
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8621663/823929835/616301/0/

5. European trust in US compromised, says EU data protection head
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8621663/823929835/616302/0/

6. INSIDER: Shootout results: Best security tools for small business
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Preston Gralla: Microsoft: We've had surveillance requests on over 31,000 customers


How much snooping do government agencies actually do on people and businesses?
Judging by the surveillance requests they ask of Microsoft, quite a bit.
Microsoft reports that for the second half of last year, it had received
requests on between 31,000 and 32,000 customers. And Google, Facebook, and Apple
have had many tens of thousands others.
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Yahoo discloses user data requests from US law enforcement agencies

Yahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law
enforcement agencies in the U.S. between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the
company said Monday.
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NSA can access data without court approval, leaker says

Analysts at the U.S. National Security Agency can gain access to the content of
U.S. targets' phone calls and email messages without court orders, NSA leaker
Edward Snowden said, contradicting denials from U.S. government sources.
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Jonny Evans: Woz says no to PRISM in the free world


With free men now gazing through PRISM, darkly, Apple has moved to
quell fears concerning its customer's online privacy by revealing
those details it is aware of regarding the US NSA's legitimately filed requests
for that data -- but have we got the big picture, or just a partial account of
what's been going on? Meanwhile Apple co-founder, Woz, is angry at the
implications of the NSA's snooping system.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8621663/823929835/616301/0/

European trust in US compromised, says EU data protection head

Europe's top privacy watchdog and the Digital Agenda Commissioner both said
Monday that more transparency and trust is needed between the European Union and
the United States following the Prism scandal.
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INSIDER: Shootout results: Best security tools for small business

If you run a small business, you have a lot of choices to protect your network.
You can buy a consumer-grade router for less than $50, you can spend more than
$4,000 for an enterprise firewall, or you can select something in between.
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