Electronic Transmission of Sensitive Information

Specific Issue to be discussed: The risk (trend??) involved in the transmission of sensitive information via electronic means (internet and mobile networks). OR. The loss of sensitive information through electronic transmission. Known information that is relevant to understanding the issue: It is not uncommon for individuals/companies/organizations to use his/her/their personal/confidential particulars (e.g. full name, address, IDs, passwords etc.) to make purchases via the Internet/mobile networks. Problems: Leakage of information Types of information 1. Personal -> full name, address, health status, passwords, IDs, social security number, bank a/c no. etc. dignity, financial losses, 2. Corporate -> confidential information/directives (e.g. R&D information). Financial losses. 3. Government agencies-> intelligence

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1. Another kind of security problem are problems due to users neglecting their own private informations. A good example of this kind of neglection is when someone gives away his or her email adress on a public forum. Some "crawler bots" (small programs coded to collect email adresses) could find the adress and add it to a mass-mail list, sending spam to the user. This may not be a dangerous "security" problem but the same can also happen with user names and passwords. Most of the big hacking cases occur simply because an important user of a particular network gave away his private information. 2. Georgia Tech Information Security Centre: Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009 http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/pdf/CyberThreatsReport2009.pdf Georgia Tech Information Security Centre: Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2008 http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/pdf/GTISC%20Cyber%20Threats%20Report.pdf 3. Europe parliament asking for Internet security to be increasedhttp://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/infopress_page/026-48482-033-02-06-90320090204IPR48481-02-02-2009-2009-false/default_en.htm 4. Online banking fraud up 8000%: not super related but keep in consideration first http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6177555.stm 5. http://internetbankingfraud.com/ 6. Sensitive data protection, common sensitive data related risks imposed on organizations, common data security problems faced by government and industry etc. http://203.110.155.5/data_security_dis_encryption_hard_disk_encryption.0.html 7. Packet sniffing - its uses and the possible harmful effects. http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/hackertools/a/aa121403.htm 8. eBay Privacy Policy. http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/account/personal-informationoverview.html http://pages.ebay.ph/help/policies/privacy-policy.html 9. INTERESTING ARTICLE ON CREATING A 'FACEBOOK FOR SPIES' http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/internet/0,39044908,62045881,00.htm

10. loss of personal financial details - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7576572.stm