Cyber Security: What's worse, the threat or cure?

摘要

It seems that every day there is a report of a security breach at some company or another. Credit card numbers were stolen from Target and Neiman's. Social security numbers and personal information were stolen from Advocate Health Care. And now there's the discovery of the "Heartbleed" bug that may represent a serious vulnerability to countless web sites. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has considered cyber security, and on Feb. 26, 2014 issued an advisory (CFTC Staff Advisory No. 14-21) outlining best practices for meeting the cyber security responsibilities of its registrants. These cyber security responsibilities arise from the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 that was intended to ensure that financial institutions respect the privacy of their customers and protect the security and confidentiality of their customers' nonpublic personal information.