Parece que ha cundido el ejemplo y lo de filtrar datos e información confidencial se está poniendo de moda. En el caso que nos ocupa no se pretende hacer caer ninguna venda colectiva ni se persigue otro fin filantrópico por el estilo. No, simplemente hay ganas de hacer daño y molestar a gente que, ya de por sí, tiene la vida bastante jorobada. Hablamos de ‘Porn Wikileaks’, una web que está sembrando el pánico entre los trabajadores de la industria del porno norteamericano.

Whether or not you support the leaking of 250,000 embassy cables to the now infamous Wikileaks website, it certainly makes you think. Whatever business you are in there always emails or data that would be embarrassing or more likely harmful to our business if they were made widely available. So what is the lesson to be learnt from the Cablegate affair.

The blame for the issue seems to be landing on a certain US private Bradley Manning. But I place the blame directly on a lack of Governance and poor IT systems. And the measures that have so far been announced - things like removing CD drives from classified systems - are simply the wrong approach. The real problem is why any one person - whatever level of clearance they had - should have access to all 250,000 cables.

Without going into the details of XACML and policy-based entitlement models, suffice it to say that the right approach is to base access not only on the person, but the reason they have for accessing the data. Using policy-based entitlement, it is possible to have a well-defined Governance model where a person is given access to just the right data at just the right time for just the right purpose, and that this can be managed in a process-driven, auditable and controlled manner.

If you live in a crime area and you leave your door open, you will be burgled. If you don't put in place good security and data governance, then it is you that will be blamed, not just the guy who steals your data.

And if you want the technical low-down on XACML, start here, here and here.

WikiLeaks: 2009-12-07: 09BAGHDAD3154: Compensation Finalized to Repair Heart of Iraq's Christian Community

WikiLeaks: 2009-12-15: 09STOCKHOLM779: Snapshot of Muslim Communities in Sweden

WikiLeaks: 2010-01-25: 10BAGHDAD185: Opportunities and Perils for Minorities in National Elections

WikiLeaks: 2010-02-02: 10VATICAN18: Vatican Official On Iraq and Planned Meetings of Middle East Bishops

WikiLeaks: 2010-02-08: 10VATICAN23: Vatican: Iran is not Respecting Human Rights

WikiLeaks: 2010-02-12: 10VATICAN26: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Critical of USG Iraq Policies

WikiLeaks: 2010-02-19: 10ISTANBUL62: Finding Room for the Syriac Orthodox in Istanbul

WikiLeaks: 2010-02-21: 10BAGHDAD458: Tit for Tat - a Spate of Kurdish Security Forces Kidnappings

WikiLeaks: 2010-02-25: 10BAGHDAD505: PRT Ninewa: Iraqi Christians Feel Under Siege in Mosul

WikiLeaks: 2010-02-28: 10BAGHDAD523: PRT Ninewa: Archbishop of Ninewa Describes Climate of Fear

Former Ecuadorian President Rafeal Correa has said he was aware WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was interfering with the 2016 US Presidential election from the embassy in London.

A new batch of Wikileaks emails from Hillary Clinton staffers to campaign manager John Podesta show the campaign was worried about Marco Rubio and thought he was another Obama.

Stone is on trial at federal court in Washington D.C. and denies lying to Congress about WikiLeaks, and witness tampering. Credico said he was not Stone's conduit to Julian Assange.

Gates, who flipped on Paul Manafort during Robert Mueller's probe, told Stone's trial at Washington D.C. federal court how Trump spoke to Stone on July 31, 2016, then said more emails would come.

The Australian computer programmer and publisher told Britain's ITV that he obtained 'emails related to Hillary Clinton which are pending publication' during an interview on June 12.

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