President George W. Bush logged a victory in 2006 when the U.S. House of Representatives renewed the USA Patriot Act, a law that gave the FBI expanded powers to investigate terrorism after the Sept. 11 attacks.
When was the last time as a CxO in your organization that you reviewed the law? Here are a few of the renewed provisions:
>Section 201 Gives federal officials the authority to intercept wire, spoken and electronic communications relating to terrorism.
>Section 202 Gives federal officials the authority to intercept wire, spoken and electronic communications relating to computer fraud and abuse offenses.
>Subsection 203(b) Permits the sharing of grand jury information that involves foreign intelligence or counterintelligence with federal law enforcement, intelligence, protective, immigration, national defense or national security officials
>Subsection 203(d) Gives foreign intelligence or counterintelligence officers the ability to share foreign intelligence information obtained as part of a criminal investigation with law enforcement.
>Section 204 Makes clear that nothing in the law regarding pen registers an electronic device that records all numbers dialed from a particular phone line stops the government's ability to obtain foreign intelligence information.
>Section 209 Permits the seizure of voicemail messages under a warrant.
>Section 212 Permits Internet service providers and other electronic communication and remote computing service providers to hand over records and e-mails to federal officials in emergency situations.
"Whether you are a government or a small business you must have a layered and defense in depth approach to the safety and security of your enterprise. You have to monitor insiders, gather intelligence and keep an eye on foreign competitors."
Key people in your organization are key targets for a spectrum of threats both physical, economic and digital. When is the last time you saw a CEO, CFO, CRO or Board Member walk down to the INFOSEC department and ask the team if they had all the tools and resources they need to do their jobs effectively.
And if they did raise their hand and say they could use some help with solutions to help combat all insider threats including intellectual property leakage, vendor collusion, financial fraud, and customer data loss. You might recommend they look at the FedRamp Marketplace.
The leaders of a medium-size community bank, Fortune 500 enterprise, Private Sector Critical Infrastructure company and local city government still have the same thing in common today as with George W. Bush 18 plus years ago…