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21 May 2009My CNN TV appearance – yet another mobile drive debacle
CNN's Mike Ahlers and Elaine Quijano put together an intriguiging segment about a lost hard drive from the National Archives for The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer television show I appeared on last night. The hyperlink goes to the actual article...the video hasn't been posted yet and they're telling me it may not be. I hope you had the chance to see it live last night. If it gets posted ...
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20 May 2009
I’m going to be on CNN at 5pm ET today
I received a call from the producer of the CNN show The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer today and ended up doing a TV interview. It's about the National Archive story that just came out regarding and external hard drive that recently went missing.Wonder if it was encrypted like I've ranted about here and elsewhere in the past? Probably not.It's going to be on in the 5pm ET hour on ...
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11 May 2009
My latest security content
Here's my latest information security content - more from the queue coming soon...just waiting for it to be published.Here's a webcast I recorded for SearchCIO.com:Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Strategies for the EnterpriseHere are two whitepapers I wrote for Realtimepublishers.com on behalf of Credant:Navigate the Future of HIPAA ComplianceData Protection for the Evolving WorkforceAs always, be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for all of my information security articles, podcasts, webcasts, screencasts ...
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30 Apr 2009
Ouch
Did you hear about the French First Lady's debacle yesterday? Apparently computer files, etc. containing some not so modest photos and videos of her were stolen. Ouch.Lesson learned: encrypt your laptop hard drives. No, no wait. How about not taking photos and videos of yourself doing things that you wouldn't want the whole world to see!...
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03 Feb 2009
My latest security content
Wow, it's been nearly a month since my last posting of security content. Lots of writing but slow publication cycles I suppose. First off, here's an article I wrote for SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com:How to strike a balance between Windows security and business needsHere's a webcast/podcast combo I presented for SearchMobileComputing.com and sponsored by Dell:Data Protection for the Mobile Workforce - webcastData Protection for the Mobile Workforce - podcastMuch more to come soon!In ...
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14 Nov 2008
My latest security content
Here's an article I wrote for SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com:Managing single sign-on burdens in Windows...and here's a podcast I recorded for TechTarget as a whole:Top Five Issues of Mobile SecurityBe sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for all of my information security articles, podcast interviews, webcasts, screencasts and more....
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05 Jun 2008
When handling sensitive encrypted data – don’t just unencrypt it
Here's a prime example of just how encryption/change management/policies/whatever else mean nothing when someone makes a bad decision related to information security. Why was this sensitive information unencrypted when it was moved to a new system? Hint Mr. Contractor: all it takes to easily re-encrypt sensitive data is something as basic as Winzip. If you have to decrypt it to use it...then just re-encrypt when you're done.If you're ever caught ...
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03 Mar 2008
A way to bypass whole disk encryption
Researchers at Princeton University have found a way around whole disk encryption. Dubbed the "cold-boot attack", apparently there's a way to "freeze" the whole disk encryption passphrase while it's stored in dynamic memory and then extract it using some software they've written. Having learned and applied what can be done with/to a PC at the chip level in my assembly language programming days, this comes as no shocker. Wish it ...
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19 Feb 2008
Yet another thing to worry about with laptops
Apparently more people are being accosted and having their laptops and other mobile devices searched and even taken away from them putting everything on the system at risk. Something drive encryption isn't going to fix! OK, maybe if you have everything stored on an encrypted file/partition. As inconvenient as it is, I'm starting to like the idea of having a clean laptop and only accessing files remotely. I'm just not ...
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18 Feb 2008
Lost laptop worth $54 million?
Check out this news of Best Buy losing a laptop and, in turn, being sued for $54 million. Apparently there's sensitive information on it...Whew - steep price to pay for a laptop that just needed a new power button. Stakes will probably get higher once the number of people losing sensitive information is disclosed though. Maybe we'll see it on privacyrights.org's list of the finest. $54 million does seem a ...
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