Hemanshu Nigam
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Hemanshu (Hemu) Nigam is the founder of SSP Blue, an advisory firm for online safety, security and privacy challenges facing corporations and governments. He is also he former CSO of MySpace and News Corp widely credited for creating a leadership position for MySpace in the area of online safety, security, and privacy. He was also a US DOJ prosecutor against Internet crimes against children and computer crimes. Prior to that he served in executive roles at Microsoft Corporation and the MPAA. He began his career as a deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County specializing in sex crimes and child abuse cases.

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Avoiding the Cyber Crime Holiday

0 Comments | Posted November 30, 2011 | 4:08 PM

Price Waterhouse Coopers just released a report finding that cyber crime against businesses has soared in 2011. While Cyber Monday might be over, the online shopping discounts will continue to get better and better as Christmas approaches. In essence, the holiday ad bombardment won't stop until the New...

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The Facebook Revolt

0 Comments | Posted November 3, 2011 | 2:17 PM

We talk a lot about the impact of social media on commerce and human connections. The social media platform has the ability to transfer news and ideas faster than news and ideas can even be generated. Since the start of what the media is calling the 'Arab Spring',...

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The Amazing Race: The Irony of Halloween

0 Comments | Posted November 2, 2011 | 2:27 PM

I decided to watch the most recent episode of The Amazing Race after a night of walking the neighborhood streets with my six-year-old in search of the house with the best candy. The more I watched the show in hopes of finding an online safety, security, or privacy...

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The Amazing Race: Back to Basics

0 Comments | Posted October 27, 2011 | 10:31 AM

The last episode of The Amazing Race brought us back to life as we used to know it and how much of the world still knows it. The contestants walked, rode elephants, took the bus, hitch-hiked, and rode in taxi cabs. They took notes on simple notepads to...

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The Amazing Race: The Buddy System

0 Comments | Posted October 21, 2011 | 5:52 PM

Last week's episode of The Amazing Race was quite inspiring and insightful. Couples were not only working well with each other, a few were even pairing up with other couples. Even the now infamous fighting and bickering couple, Justin and Jennifer, showed a glimpse of a...

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The Amazing Race: Text Me So I Can Hear You

0 Comments | Posted October 10, 2011 | 3:09 PM

Last week's episode of The Amazing Race was the most uncomfortable ever and strangely last night's episode was the most comfortable ever. Last week brother and sister couple, Justin and Jennifer, fought, shouted, yelled, screamed, bickered, and argued during the entire episode. They even argued when...

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The Amazing Race: Confucius Meets Twitter

0 Comments | Posted September 29, 2011 | 1:38 PM

The Amazing Race came back with yet another exciting season premier this weekend. From the start we saw a lack of preparation by 'the showgirls' that almost landed them a trophy for the shortest lived contestants on The Amazing Race. It all started when Kaylani didn't secure her...

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Don't Remind Me Later

0 Comments | Posted September 27, 2011 | 11:39 AM

Imagine a bunch of scammers and hackers sitting around in a dark room together. They've just created brand new viruses that will invade your life by invading your computer to steal your banking information, take all your passwords, send threatening emails to all your friends, make all your personal photos...

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When Hackers Attack, Earthquakes Follow

0 Comments | Posted September 14, 2011 | 12:55 PM

Hackers of the world have gone wild, infiltrating a variety of sites such as those of the CIA, PBS, and just the other day, NBC. Supposedly "secure" servers of companies as notable as JP Morgan Chase and Sony have been...

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So Many Kid Sites, So Little Time

0 Comments | Posted September 1, 2011 | 4:10 PM

Saying that there are a ton of sites for kids on the Internet is like saying there's a lot of sand on the beach. Sifting through all the sites out there to find the good and avoid the bad can be quite the daunting task especially with all the new...

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Protecting Your Memories by Protecting Your Devices

0 Comments | Posted August 26, 2011 | 3:52 PM

Losing certain objects is like losing certain parts of our personal lives. We can set stuff down and forget to pick it up, or get our entire bag stolen at a coffee shop or airport. It seems like we had it one second and the next it's gone. Whether it...

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When a Child Goes Missing, an iPhone App Can Help

0 Comments | Posted August 15, 2011 | 6:31 PM

According to a survey by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, not enough parents in the United States know vital statistics about their children: height, hair color, eye color, weight, etc. Young children change in physical appearance so rapidly that it can be a challenge to...

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The Bachelorette and Table for Two, Please

0 Comments | Posted August 3, 2011 | 1:53 PM

Did you watch this week's final episode of The Bachelorette? Ashley finally chose the bachelor she wants to spend the rest of her life with... and he chose her, too. Even though the season started back in May and finished in August, the actual events that took place...

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Nightmare Renters From Airbnb

0 Comments | Posted August 2, 2011 | 5:43 PM

Until recently, the name Airbnb was not something tossed around in the average news cycle or dinner party. However, since a story recently broke about malicious use of rented property and Airbnb's apparent woeful management of the crisis, the name is everywhere... and not in a good way....

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The Bachelorette and The Illusion of Reality

0 Comments | Posted July 28, 2011 | 10:53 AM

Did you watch this week's episode of The Bachelorette? Ashley and the remaining three bachelors escaped to the Fiji Islands, one of the most perfect vacation spots in the world, where Ashley talked repeatedly about just how perfect everything was there. She even talked about just...

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Taking a Moment to Pause With Phone Hacking Scandal

0 Comments | Posted July 26, 2011 | 11:28 AM

For companies that can be broken if their security breaks (anything from email providers to cell phone providers) headlines like "Phone Hacking Scandal" should garner special attention. The latest "phone hacking" scandal involving allegations that reporters at News of the World listened to or tampered with voice mails of, potentially,...

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The Bachelorette and Someone to Watch Over Me

0 Comments | Posted July 20, 2011 | 10:00 AM

Did you watch last night's episode of The Bachelorette? After weeks of anticipation, Ashley finally went on her hometown dates with the remaining four bachelors, Ben, Constantine, JP, and Ames.

Every visit to the 'in-law families' was like a scene one would imagine when thinking of life...

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The Bachelorette and the Stage of Life

0 Comments | Posted July 13, 2011 | 1:22 PM

Did you watch last night's episode of The Bachelorette which ended with an interview with previous season's bachelorette Emily Maynard? Emily talked openly about her struggles with Bachelor Brad Womack and confirmed the end of their relationship. Amid the tears and knee-jerk moments, Emily...

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Hackers Unite

0 Comments | Posted July 5, 2011 | 3:30 PM

The thieves who made off with more than $2.5M from Citibank and caused the bank to issue 100,000 replacement bank cards have highlighted an alarming trend. Hackers are evolving. And, they are organizing and uniting. They even have a Twitter account. Before the advent of the...

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The Bachelorette and the Search for the Perfect Resume

0 Comments | Posted June 28, 2011 | 2:05 PM

Have you caught the last two episodes of The Bachelorette? Ashley has continued to talk about Bentley, and like many of you, I've been counting the number of times she says his name per episode. Interspersed in all this talk of Bentley, something else very business-like about this...

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