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20 Jan 2011Skill to do comes of doing
Ralph Waldo Emerson once made this statement which completely and totally applies to what you do in your job and how you develop your career over the long haul:"Skill to do comes of doing."As with surgeons, home builders, mechanics, race car drivers and so on...we learn most by doing.I know a lot of people are going back to school and focusing on getting their degrees and certifications right now. There's ...
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19 Jan 2011
Good bits to share about computer disposal
Here's a good short read from SANS (@sansinstitute) you can share with your non-technical family members, friends & neighbors on why they need to careful when disposing of their computers and how they can do it properly....
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19 Jan 2011
More on the Ponemon Lost Laptop Survey
Here's a short piece where I was quoted by Rod Scher in Processor magazine (a very good trade rag by the way) on the Ponemon Institute's Billion Dollar Lost Laptop study.Not only are the numbers astounding, this is a big problem that's growing every day - crying out for our attention....
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11 Jan 2011
My “new” book on ethical hacking turns 1
Today marks the one year anniversary of the publication of my "new" book Hacking For Dummies, 3rd edition.Wow, how time has flown by! Thanks so much to those of you who have provided both kind words and constructive criticism via your emails, Amazon.com reviews, and in your own independent sites and blogs. No doubt it'll soon be time to start planning out the 4th edition. Until then......
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11 Jan 2011
Tidbits on MS security, MBSA vs. the competition & cloud backups
Here are a few new articles I wrote for TechTarget where I talk about IIS 7.5 security, encrypting Windows Server drives, MBSA vs. commercial vulnerability scanners and the dearly beloved cloud backup services. Enjoy!How vulnerable is Microsoft IIS 7.5 to attacks?Pros and cons of Windows Server drive encryptionWeighing MBSA against paid vulnerability scannersPreventing online backup security threats to your network...
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11 Jan 2011
Beware the “network assessment”
There are many IT services firms - including some run by friends and colleagues of mine - who perform something called "network assessments". The outcome of these assessments - which are usually aimed at SMBs - is to determine the overall health of your network and computing environment, supposedly including security.First, let me be clear that these are legitimate services to see where your network stands. That's fine and dandy ...
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11 Jan 2011
What’s holding you back?
Orison Swett Marden once said:"What keeps so many employees back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort." So true...as the saying goes good enough hardly ever is....
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10 Jan 2011
Great quote on information security choices
Here's a great quote by Fred Smith that says it like it is:"You are the way you are because that's the way you want to be. If you really wanted to be any different, you would be in the process of changing right now."Obviously this also applies to our careers and personal lives...Like calories we ingest, our choices add up dramatically over time....
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05 Jan 2011
Speaking of supererogation, here’s a great quote
Regarding yesterday's post about the word supererogation and how it can help you in your infosec career, here's a great quote by the poet Ovid that supports such an approach:"Make the workmanship surpass the materials." Spot on...otherwise you just fall in line with the majority. Not good for your career, not good for business....
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05 Jan 2011
My message to Republicans on this critical day in history
This is a big, big day for the future of the United States of America. The people spoke in the last election telling the jokers in Washington that we don't want their "hope and change" that's running this country into the ground. Today our new Congress gets rolling. But what's it going to lead to? I have my fingers crossed that we won't see more of the same old Big ...
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