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  Did you see the FINRA news release last week announcing guidance for securities firms and brokers regarding the use of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and blogs to communicate with their investors? Securities firms and brokers are now required to develop their own customized policies and procedures to ensure all personnel are complying with regulatory requirements when using social networking sites and that their online recommendations are suitable and not misleading to investors.  Firms and brokers must have a general policy prohibiting any associated person from engaging in business communications in a social media site that is not subject to the firm’sRead More →

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The battle of the megaphones…it’s on! The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has launched a web site to target misinformation and offers a way to let its members, employees, employers and others keep up with issues in national health care reform, pension investments and security. CalPERSResponds.com is the new web site that will also link to its social media posts on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. According to Patricia Macht, CalPERS director of external affairs, “There’s a lot of information and misinformation about CalPERS” and “We hope this site will help separate the facts from fiction and provide some education, insight and clarity to theseRead More →

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Keeping You Out of the Headlines and out of this blog… Please take a moment to consider how these Lessons Learned could be implemented by managers within your organization to avoid expensive and embarrassing situations… Secret Service Information Revealed in P2P Data Leak On July 29th, it was revealed that files including information about a Secret Service safe house for the President’s family, details regarding the Pentagon’s network infrastructure, and specific details about every nuclear facility in the US were found on the LimWire file-sharing network.  As a result, a bill has been introduced that would ban P2P sharing on all government computers and networks. Read More →

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Did you see the $50,000 defamation lawsuit filed by an organization against a “tweeter”? The lawsuit is a lesson learned that you may want to use to better prepare your people and your organization about the potential legal liabilities associated with sending a tweet about someone else or about another organization. While I am not going to argue whether it is right or wrong, I want to bring attention to the personal details that the lawsuit exposes and how a person’s reputation or an organization’s reputation can be exposed no matter what the outcome of the court case. If you scroll down on the verifiedRead More →

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Lessons Learned Review…Keeping You Out of the Headlines and out of this Blog… Please take a moment to consider how these Lessons Learned could be implemented by managers within your organization to avoid expensive and embarrassing situations… Law would require monthly school security drill A new New Jersey bill would mandate that all public and nonpublic schools conduct monthly school security drills for non-fire evacuation, lockdown and active shooter response. Currently, all schools have emergency security plans in place, but many schools are not comfortable with the procedures due to a lack of implementation.  Spam Survey According to a recent survey released by the MessagingRead More →

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This past Sunday I was watching and listening to DHS and HHS officials talk about the Swine Flu Alert. During the announcement I found it interesting that Secretary Napolitano made a special point to clarify the declaration of emergency by saying she wished they could call it a declaration of emergency preparedness, because that is really what it is in this context.   I agree with Secretary Napolitano that a declaration of emergency preparedness is needed because most organizations are not well prepared for a Pandemic flu outbreak….but that is another topic for another day. Then I came across a headline on CNN about TwitterRead More →