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15 Jan 2010I’m featured in the new issue of Entrepreneur Magazine
Check this out. I'm featured in the January 2010 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine's Ask A Pro section where I talk about employee monitoring:Entrepreneur Magazine, January 2010. © 2010 By Entrepreneur Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduced with permission of Entrepreneur Media, Inc.In this piece, it may not be clear whether or not I support monitoring of employee email so let me clarify. I'm not for micromanagement and Big Brother but ...
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02 Oct 2009
This is really cool and really scary
Researchers at Duke University have found out how to use the basic features of cell phones to determine specific traits of the "space" you're in. Big Brother tracking at its finest. Once mainstream, it'll be at this point when I stop using a cell phone....
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16 Sep 2009
Parental software, is this where we’re headed!?
Be careful which parental monitoring software you install on your kids' computers. Looks like some people think their content filtering software is a means to capture the text of IM chats for the purposes of marketing intelligence. Sickening.Good reason to use a network analyzer to see what's being sent out of your computers/networks! Get an executive or IT admin on one of these computers talking about sensitive subjects and its ...
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21 Jul 2008
What’s wrong with this picture…Circuit City?
I just stumbled across this "file sharing" site featuring my book Hacking For Dummies...for free download of course. I know, I know, they're not doing anything illegal - they're just providing a way for people to share files. Yeah right. The interesting thing I noted was the "legitimate" companies advertising on the site. WOW...I'm sure the executives at Circuit City would be so proud to know that they're helping sponsor ...
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20 May 2008
Manually monitoring email? What’s up with that!?
With all of the technical sophistication we have, apparently business people still haven't figured out a way to automate the employee monitoring function. According to a new Proofpoint/Forrester Consulting survey, 41% of organizations companies with 20,000+ employees are *employing* people to monitor outbound email. Are you serious!? We've had automated employee monitoring systems for 10+ years that anyone in HR can manage and companies are paying people to do this ...
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02 Apr 2008
FTP bad for sensitive information…and lives?
When I first saw this headline, I thought to myself: Who's the detective that figured this out!? [tongue in cheek]FTP Sites Vulnerable to Data BreachesFTP poses risks?? Uh, yeah! It's just like another technology or host on the network. If it's software, addressable via IP, and has a user login prompt - then, it's undoubtedly going to have holes that are exploited eventually. Especially when network admins and security managers ...
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“A business associate referred our company to Principle Logic when we were seeking a resource to perform vulnerability /penetration testing for our external and internal networks. We found Kevin Beaver to be professional, well informed, and easy to work with. His testing did not disrupt our networks, and his progress updates were timely.
His final report was very thorough and included security recommendations for our network environment. The executive leadership was so impressed with Kevin’s security expertise, they have extended their agreement to continue to perform periodic testing. We highly recommend Kevin Beaver and Principle Logic as a resource for network security testing.”
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Kevin has written/co-written 12 books on information security including one of the best-sellers of all time:
