A few weeks ago, I promised my friend, Stanley Roberts (a well-known journalist who uses video to capture people doing dumb things) that I would post about a Facebook scam that he recently encountered. And then life got in the way...but here it is. Given the tie-in with what I do in my work, I thought it would be a good opportunity to share his example of how so many ...
Continue Reading...I recently received this press release regarding Ole Miss offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil's Twitter account and how it affected his NFL draft:Amazing.Will someone please tell me how the consequences of basic security weaknesses surrounding social media, passwords, and malware do not impact us all personally and professionally....
Continue Reading...If you're in to big-picture IT and information security stuff like, say, your career and focusing on what matters, here are some new bits I've written for TechTarget and Security Technology Executive magazine that you may be interested in:Five habits of highly-successful IT prosSocial networking strategies to further your IT careerFive ways to advance your Windows careerUnderstanding management gets your IT department what it needsRSA's look at the big pictureEnjoy! ...
Continue Reading...In the whitepaper To Block or Not. Is that the Question?, Palo Alto Networks explores the issue of "Enterprise 2.0" applications such as Facebook, Skype, Twitter and YouTube and how users are now in control of the network. Meanwhile, IT staff is saying "just block it!" and users say "just don't block it!," but it's not that simple. As the whitepaper points out, the real answer lies in your ability ...
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