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18 Sep 2009Reader’s choice on best security products
In case you're looking around, here's a good overview of security products that our peers like....
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16 Sep 2009
My latest security content
Here's my latest information security content. Hope you enjoy!Big IT Lessons Small Businesses Can Learn (an IncTechnlogy.com piece I contributed to)How often should I change the passwords for my bank and other important online accounts? (a Women's Health magazine piece I contributed to)Web 2.0 application security troubleshooting, testing tutorialHIPAA-covered entities, business associates confront HITECH Act rulesTen sure-fire ways to derail your career in IT What you should know about cloud ...
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16 Sep 2009
Third-party apps still a big security issue
A while back I wrote about the importance of patching third-party software on your enterprise desktops. Apparently third-party applications are still out of the security loop. It's a seemingly small problem but it can have pretty big consequences....
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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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16 Sep 2009
Have you seen this movie yet?
I took a couple of days off to celebrate the completion of my freshly-updated book Hacking For Dummies, 3rd edition. More on this to come...Anyway, during this time off I went to see the movie District 9 that was most excellent. One of the best flicks I've ever seen. Extremely creative with good acting too! You have to see it while it's still in theaters!!...
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14 Sep 2009
Boston Beer a big let down
I heard a Samuel Adams beer commercial on the radio this morning that reminded me of the big let down I had from them recently. I was at a speaking engagement on physical / data center security on behalf of Anixter in Boston (pronounced Bahstun for those of you here in the South with me) and wanted to see some of the sights while I was there.Being a fan of ...
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09 Sep 2009
Loving BitLocker so far…
I recently wrote about Windows BitLocker's false sense of security and I've made it loud and clear that I'm a big advocate of encrypting mobile drives. Well, since I had to reload my laptop recently I decided to take the plunge into Windows 7 la la land and, at the same time, decided to try out BitLocker rather than reload PGP whole disk encryption. I don't know if I'm missing ...
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08 Sep 2009
Why Most PowerPoint Presentations Suck
That got your attention, huh? Mine too when I first came across this gem of a book by Rick Altman. It's pretty much all you need to know about what to do - and just as importantly, what not to do - with Microsoft PowerPoint. It has a no nonsense approach to making your presentations better. Mandatory reading for all college students, perhaps??By the way, Rick Altman is bringing his ...
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04 Sep 2009
My latest security content
My goodness - it's been over a month since I've posted my latest security content...I've been so busy writing the stuff that posting the links has gotten put on the back burner. Good problem to have! Anyway, here's my latest:Networking to enhance your IT careerToeing the company line – is it good or bad for your IT career?Security and compliance can go together, when done in the right orderMaking sense ...
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02 Sep 2009
Interesting flaw in Sears’ Web site all too common
Check out this bit about a security flaw recently revealed on Sears' Web site. As the researcher alluded to, hacking and security are way more than people exploiting known software flaws. There are so many other security issues with Web applications. I see it all the time when doing my manual analyses on Web sites/applications. The sky is the limit for these business logic vulnerabilities and I suspect it'll always ...
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I’ve written/co-written 12 books on information security including:
