2011 Fall Education Seminar
Saturday September 10th
Highline Community College
2400 South 240th Street Des
Moines WA 98198
206-878-3710
Mt Constance / Mt Olympus Room, 8:00 Check in 8:30 -4:30. 8 hour Seminar includes: Breakfast and Lunch.
Data Breach Risks for Private Investigators
July 18, 2011 by
The popular book that I missed (but recently bought) is “Black Swans” by Taleb. It explains that the big wins and losses in history can’t be easily predicted yet they are the most significant events.
Computer security is one field where this stuff really fits. Here are 2 examples.
YOU WIN BIG: In the old days to a PI had to rent an office, hire a secretary and someone to run to the courthouse… now you skip the administrivia and let a PC do the clerical work. Life is good; you get to do investigations and skip the other stuff. This convenience was not redicted when you were born.
YOU LOSE IT ALL: For the last 10 years you have been doing successful investigations. Every week you open a new case, and enter detailed data on a new client and 10 suspects into your database. Yesterday your database was hacked. Today RCW 19.255.010 kicks in. You are REQUIRED to notify all 5720 people (including the suspects) of the data breach. On the average, figure it will cost about $100 each when you pay for their credit monitoring, etc.
The bottom line is that the potential $57K loss could be completely avoided by taking a few minutes to set up encryption (read the first sentence of the RCW again) to protect the client information. There are lots of alternatives – password safe, PGP, bitlocker, EFS, password safe, TrueCrypt – that apply to hard drives, email, USB sticks or the cloud. I choose encryption.
Gordon Mitchell
(425) 489-0446
Private Investigation Training at GRCC
January 9, 2010 by
“Green River Community College will offer a 108 hour Private Investigation Training Course beginning on January 23, 2010. This course exceeds the preassignment training requirement for the Department of Licensing for licensure as a Washington Private Investigator. The cost of the class is $699.00. Class seats are limited. For further contact GRCC Continuing Education at 253-833-9111 Extension 2535, or mail ce@greenriver.edu. “
This 108-hour program is designed to teach a comprehensive overview of investigative work. Class covers legal responsibilities, reports, interviews, evidence, surveillance, undercover, photography, and specific investigative topics such as death, arson, insurance, burglary and more. Certificate program meets mostly every other weekend: 1/23/2010-05/16/2010. Class Fee: $699 Specific class dates: 1/23, 1/24, 2/6, 2/7, 2/20, 2/21, 3/6, 3/7, 3/20, 3/21, 4/10, 4/11, 4/17, 4/18, 5/1, 5/2, 5/15, 5/16. Call CE for brochure.”
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