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- Ten Electronic Devices Security Tips When Traveling Abroad - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2012 from Dovell BonnettCyber Warefare – Safeguard Your Electronic Devices. When employees travel abroad here are ten electronic devices security tips I pulled from a recent New York Times article, “Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery” by Nicole Perlroth. Nicole discusses electronic devices security ...
Views: 2941 - Stupid Things You do Online to Compromise Your Identity - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2012 from Dovell BonnettLifehacker recently posted a great article called The Stupid Things You Do Online (and How to Fix Them). Here are some of additional comments that may also be helpful. Stupid Thing #1: You Undervalue Your Personal Data Did you know that when a company goes through valuation by a venture ...
Views: 2537 - Cyber Warfare: Techniques, Tactics and Tools for Security Practitioners - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2012 from Dovell BonnettWith all the news articles about China hacking into American companies, India breaking into the US Government, Wikileaks, data breaches, cyber-attacks, Pentagon elevation that cyber-attacks could be regarded as an act of war, etc., I thought I had better educate myself and make the leap from ...
Views: 2402 - Smart Card Alliance Weakly Defends The Industry - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2012 from Dovell BonnettThe Smart Card Alliance offers platitudes but don’t identify the culprits! The Smart Card Alliance released their weak response to the recent Sykipot Tojan attack which hijacked the Department of Defense authentication smartcards. Unlike hypothetical attacks on smartcards (the Chinese ...
Views: 1788 - Zappos Data Breach - Customer Safety and Security - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2012 from Dovell BonnettOnline shoe and apparel shop Zappos, now owned by Amazon, reported earlier this week that 24 million users names, e-mail addresses, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers, and the last four digits of credit card numbers may have been illegally accessed. In response to this breach, Zappos ...
Views: 1876 - Preventing Physical Identity Theft - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2012 from Dovell BonnettPhysical identity theft occurs when thieves come in close contact with their victims or the information they’re stealing. for example, Thieves may engage in dumpster diving, where they look through garbage, or literally dumpsters. to find papers with account numbers, addresses, name of family ...
Views: 2092 - 2012 – The Year of Cyber Espionage? - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2012 from Dovell BonnettLucian Constantin’s recent article “Expect more cyber-espionage, sophisticated malware in ’12, experts say” states that cyber-attacks in 2012 will increase with more sophisticated malware. Certainly companies like MicroTrend, Symantec and others have their work cut out for them to eradicate ...
Views: 1885 - My 3 Top Security Strategies for 2012 - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2012 from Dovell BonnettIn Justine Rivero’s latest article “Three New Ways to Protect Your Identity in 2012” she is absolutely correct that smartcards for secure payment is needed because it is better to use security upfront than rely on identity theft protection after the fact. But why stop at payment? Smartcards ...
Views: 1727 - Chinese Computer Hacking of Chamber of Commerce has Already Hurt Your Business - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Dovell BonnettOn December 21, 2011 the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. Chamber of Commerce was hacked. Many of the major media outlets are all re-publishing the report. But, if you look at the fine print you will discover that the attack occurred back in November 2009 and was discovered in May 2010. ...
Views: 1799 - Don’t Wait for Windows 8 to Secure Your Passwords - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2011 from Dovell BonnettThis week the press is all agog about how Windows 8 is going to “securely” manage passwords. Win 8 will do this with LiveID, syncing passwords across multiple computer platforms, using “TrustedID” to authenticate the computer, and storing all your long complex passwords in the cloud or on your ...
Views: 2025 - Don’t Surrender Your Privacy Just Because a Store Clerk Asks For Your ID! - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Dovell BonnettJust say no when pushy sales clerks ask for TOO MUCH personal information.Well the Christmas season is upon us and we’re all out there shopping for presents for our loved ones. Just recently I was shopping at Best Buy to purchase some computer components, but when I got home I found that one ...
Views: 2151 - Is Your Cloud Provider Sidestepping Security? - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2011 from Dovell BonnettWhen you accept that cloud provider’s contract to store or backup your company’s data on their servers, did you read the fine print? According to Gartner, 2012 may be the year that Cloud Services gets a big boost because companies are looking to decrease IT costs, have more access form remote ...
Views: 862 - Power LogOn Works With Dameware - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2011 from Dovell BonnettPower LogOn® Authenticates User into Dameware™ Access Smart® Announces the Interoperability of their Power LogOn Password Manager with DameWare Development’s Mini Remote Control (DMRC) product. In the age of mobile communications IT professionals need secure connection between remote and ...
Views: 2434(3 votes) - ISSA's SoCal Security Symposium - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2011 from Dovell BonnettGreat information but forgot a key security component. User Authentication. On Wed 26th of October I attended the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Security Symposium in Long Beach, California. Different security leaders discussed poignant topics like Ali Pabrai’s, CEO ...
Views: 1706 - The Growing Threat of Medical Identity Theft - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Dovell BonnettI have been following a very disturbing trend for a couple of months now, and it is that of Medical Identity Theft. When we think of identity theft, we typically worry about credit cards or store credit being taken out in our name. Somebody attempting to purchase a vehicle or finance a mortgage ...
Views: 1591 - Microsoft®’s Forefront Review - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2011 from Dovell BonnettMicrosoft®’s Forefront Needs More Than Identity Management for Cyber Attack Prevention Microsoft ‘s Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 provides IT with the tools needed for identity and access management through a SharePoint-based policy management console. Microsoft correctly targets ...
Views: 1905(1 vote) - What To Do When Your Company Network Is Hacked - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Dovell BonnettI have written many articles and blogs warning about the cost to a company from a security breach. Ben Worthen, a staff reporter in The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau, wrote a great article “What to Do if You’ve Been Hacked” on September 26, 2011, where he has highlighted some key ...
Views: 1425 - Rumors of Password Death Are Greatly Exaggerated - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Dovell BonnettMcAfee recently revealed that 72 different organizations around the world have been victims of cyber-spying. With attacks likely to increase, it is important to note that strengthening your access controls ensures that you have a higher level of security for all those who are attempting to ...
Views: 1298 - Shady RAT World Wide Hacking - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2011 from Dovell BonnettRecently McAffe published a worldwide hacking report about what they are calling Shady RAT. The United Nations, Olympic committees, governments, U.S. real estate company, a major media organization based in New York, a satellite communications company and other companies around the world, ...
Views: 1618 - OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PLANS INTERNET ID - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Dovell BonnettFox News reported on 1/8/11 that ” Obama Administration Reportedly Plans to Create Internet ID for All Americans“. Obama wants the Commerce Department to create Internet ID for all Americans. Without getting into the political side, there are some key concerns that arise with a government ...
Views: 1083 - ARE GOVT. WEBSITES DESIGNED BY PRESCHOOLERS? - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2011 from Dovell BonnettIt has been reported that Paul Ducklin, Head of Technology for Sophos, referred to the Lulz Security (LulzSec) hackers as “schoolboys.” He added that most of the break-ins were “languorously orchestrated, using nothing more sophisticated than entry-level automatic web database bug-finding tools, ...
Views: 1389 - MORE HACKING. WHEN WILL IT STOP? - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Dovell BonnettThe simple answer? It won’t. To paraphrase Willie Sutton, bank robber, “That’s where the money is.” PBS, Sony, Lockheed, Amazon, IMF, US Senate, etc., all announced in 2011 that their systems were hacked. Security specialists are now calling 2011 the year of the hacker. Weak SecureID tokens, ...
Views: 1311 - Safeguard Business Data - Value Advantage of Integrating Logical Access on an Employee ID Badge - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2011 from Dovell BonnettMany large corporations and government agencies have found the cost savings, security and employee convenience very compelling to integrate logical access into the employee badge. However, the two biggest barriers in getting small to medium size businesses, clinics and agencies to follow suit ...
Views: 1151 - How Thieves Physically Steal Your Data! - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Dovell BonnettBasically, the theft of sensitive information from companies can happen in two ways: physical data breaches or online breaches of security. Physical identity theft refers to cases where the identity thief needs to get in close to their targets or to the information they are trying to obtain. ...
Views: 1165 - Network Security Doesn’t Have To Be A Burden - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Dovell BonnettWhenever I log onto my computer, visit a subscriber web sites or check my emails I always get the screen “Please enter your User Name and Password”. To manage this authentication barrage I might use the same logon information for all my sites, make the passwords simply to remember and keep the ...
Views: 956 - Is online identity theft real? - by Submitted on May 31, 2011 from Dovell BonnettI find it ironic how some security firms like to dismiss online identity theft based upon the FBI/CSI study especially since 56% of all breaches were classified as “Don’t know how information was taken”. How is that possible? If a legitimate user name and password is used to access a ...
Views: 731 - Data Security is Mandatory - by Submitted on May 31, 2011 from Dovell BonnettWhat is a data breach? A data breach occurs when customer information held by a company, business or institution is accessed, used, collected, retained or disclosed in a manner which is not in accordance with the applicable privacy laws and regulations and/or the company's own policies regarding ...
Views: 920 - Passwords Don't Have to Threaten Business Security - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from Dovell BonnettThe emergence of the World Wide Web as a global, around the clock marketplace has opened a multitude of new opportunities to businesses which have never before been seen. Computers and global communication networks have brought vendors, customers and markets together in new and beneficial ways. ...
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