Thursday, June 2, 2011

Privacy Leadership: What it Takes

Those anxiously awaiting the next installment of our privacy series, might find this interesting.

Today's Threats Require a New Breed of Privacy Officer (GovInfoSecurity.com) via @heidishey
"Privacy's focus is increasingly on transparency now," Herath says. "This is fundamentally creating new challenges for professionals in their approach toward privacy and data protection."

For instance, the new generation of workers blurs the lines of personal and professional communication in their use of social media, and the type of information that is collected by these sites is often not in the control of an organization. Moreover, it can be used to cause reputational or fraudulent damages.