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Employees may face penalties if they misinterpret security policies?

• Human behavior still seen as the biggest weakness
• Employers are growing less tolerant of misbehaving employees
• If you "invite a data breach" you could be held liable
• http://www.welivesecurity.com/2016/01/14/employees-face-penalties-misinterpreting-security-policies/

New lawsuit filed blaming Twitter for ISIS attack

• Should social media filter content from terror groups like ISIS?
• Can social media companies be held liable, why or why not?
• http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/01/14/lawsuit-blames-twitter-for-isis-terrorist-attack/

SCADA/ICS make incident response more complicated

• Typical IR activities are complicated by the nature of ICS systems
• Differences are there, but strategy still possible
• What is the path forward?
• http://www.darkreading.com/perimeter/how-incident-response-fails-in-industrial-control-system-networks/d/d-id/1324094

Only in NYC: Dept of Consumer Affairs warns parents of baby monitor hacks

• These issues seem to come down to default passwords
• What can the general population do about this?
• How can we eliminate this behavior in consumer products?
• http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hack-alert-nyc-regulators-warn-parents-secure-their-baby-monitors-n505391

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