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27 May 2008Serves him right?
This is somewhat old news from last week but I've had it on my to-post list and just had to say something about it. Did you hear about the founder/CEO of LifeLock, Todd Davis? He's the guy with all the radio ads who gives away his social security number to help prove his fraud-prevention service is secure. Well, apparently someone duped him. Huh, you don't say!?Every single time I heard ...
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23 May 2008
My security content from this week
Here's my one information security article that was published this week:Writing software requirements that address security issuesAs always, for my past information security content be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html.Enjoy!...
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23 May 2008
The real key to career success
When I got up this morning at 4:30am to complete a report I'm working on, I had to remind myself of a great quote by Elbert Hubbard and thought it'd make for a good post.It's the one thing that's helped me in my career and in my personal life more than anything else. Mr Hubbard said: “Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you ...
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21 May 2008
Don’t do this to yourself (and your company) in online meetings
Here's another thought in the same spirit as my previous post where I talked about sharing out your desktop when using WebEx, GotoMeeting, and the like and then doing stuff that other people probably shouldn't see.I just attended a very unprofessional webcast put on by an otherwise respectable security vendor where a person on their end didn't have her phone muted. I could hear everything she was saying, part of ...
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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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20 May 2008
Manually monitoring email? What’s up with that!?
With all of the technical sophistication we have, apparently business people still haven't figured out a way to automate the employee monitoring function. According to a new Proofpoint/Forrester Consulting survey, 41% of organizations companies with 20,000+ employees are *employing* people to monitor outbound email. Are you serious!? We've had automated employee monitoring systems for 10+ years that anyone in HR can manage and companies are paying people to do this ...
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16 May 2008
My security content from this week
Here's an information security article published this week:Security tools that can boost Windows Mobile security As always, for my past information security content be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html.Enjoy!...
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14 May 2008
Interesting breach making the headlines
Apparently Dave and Buster's (a favorite place of mine for food and fun) is one of the latest security breach "victims". This is a VERY good reason to NOT use debit cards (what consumer guru Clark Howard calls piece of trash fake Visas and fake Mastercards).I never use a debit card at a store or restaurant if it looks like the card scanner is connected directly to a computer. That's ...
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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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09 May 2008
My security content from this week
Here's an information security article published this week:Integrating source code analysis into your database security measures As always, for my past information security content be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html.Enjoy!...
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