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17 Jun 2008One more thing Representative Wolf…
In regards to my post yesterday about your calling out for better computer security at the Federal level, you may want to consider hardening your systems with the OMB Federal Desktop Core Configuration Checklists found at the following link:http://nvd.nist.gov/ncp.cfm?fdcc_chklstUs taxpayers have funded this and other great security documents for people just like you....
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16 Jun 2008
So, when it happens to YOU it deserves attention…?
So, U.S. Representative Frank Wolf's computers have gotten hacked into...Now he's wasting everyone's time on the House floor by calling for greater protection of congressional computer and information systems. What a dummy!Mr. Wolf: computers are getting hacked left and right day in and day out in business and in government. So now that you've been victimized we all of a sudden need tighter controls!? How about obeying your own law ...
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03 Jun 2008
Google’s privacy policy…who really cares!?
Here's an interesting request by privacy and consumer groups to strong arm Google into posting its privacy policy on its home page. Apparently it's the law in California, but as we see day in and day out (especially in the state of California!) the rule of law doesn't really mean that much. It's majority - I mean mob - rule now in what used to be our Constitutional Republic.I don't ...
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21 May 2008
Ridiculous government intrusion – Go ahead, cuff me & take me away
Apparently our Big Government Federal prosecutors here in the U.S. are going to enforce Web site usage policies on behalf on the businesses who post them. According to this story, simply entering bogus information into online services could turn you into a Federal criminal. Wow. I would expect this from some countries, but I suppose, in reality, the U.S. isn't much different than any of the others in trying to ...
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13 May 2008
Forthcoming information security bailout?
A la the $300 billion housing bailout sponsored by the American Taxpayers (can you believe that!), maybe our government can one day bail out all of the irresponsible business managers that refuse to take information security seriously as well..??Man, can you imagine what $300 billion could do to improve security for the ignorant masses of business goons across this country!? I'm thinking firewalls for everyone. Maybe even new wireless APs ...
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06 May 2008
C’mon Feds – what’s taking so long with the breach notification law?
You've probably gathered that I have little respect for the intent and abilities of our Imperial Federal Government here in the U.S. Our "leader" politicians stay busy developing gimmicks like the gas tax holiday instead of coming up with real solutions, arguing about "global warming", making the evil rich pay their fair share of taxes (yeah right!), and prying into Major League baseball steroid use.They have their hands in virtually ...
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25 Apr 2008
Thought of the day on compliance
"Compliance as we know it is something that should’ve been in place in businesses all along - without the government having to intervene in the free market." --Yours Truly....
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18 Apr 2008
Be careful what you search for online….
Talk about the ultimate in privacy invasion. Every search engine query we make - be it business or personal - is tracked. I figured this was happening...That's what computers do anyway, right? It's just scary to think about it especially when you see the hard facts.Google retains their queries for 18 months - something I wasn't aware of. I know if we're using someone else's systems, they are their systems, ...
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12 Mar 2008
New way of entering online passwords for brokerage houses
I just heard on the Clark Howard radio show that online brokerage firms are moving towards Web authentication technologies that require you to enter your password with your mouse. This is presumably to help keep the bad guys from gleaning your login credentials using keystroke loggers.I hear about this all the time - especially in the brokerage industry - where the bad guys capture your user name and password (off ...
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