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Untethered fun in the sun...

2009-06-10 14:49

As summer approaches, the dream of working while sitting on the beach comes to the fore. While I doubt many of us will be that lucky, the technology to enable this has been with us for some time and most of us use it every day: WiFi. WiFi (or Wireless Fidelity) is any of the widely deployed...

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Social Insecurity

2009-04-30 10:29

Every day, our communications are becoming more interconnected. Whether it's receiving work and home email on your phone, updating your Linkedin status at work, or accessing work files from home, the line between home life and work life is more blurred than ever. While all of this interconnection...

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Boom! April fools!?

2009-03-26 11:52

As the warm weather begins to set in, something besides April showers may be approaching. A malicious program called Conficker (a.k.a. Worm_DownAD.AD, Trojan.Win32.Pakes.lxf, W32.Downadup) has been propagating throughout the internet and making headlines. This malware (malicious software) has...

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Internet pain reliever…

2009-03-02 09:49

One of the primary goals of Information Security is to maintain the availability of information, and this month we will be discussing the availability of your internet connection. With lower costs and increased throughput, the internet is more of a vital business tool than ever. So just how painful...

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Backing up is hard to do...

2009-01-30 10:27

Have you ever experienced the nauseating sensation of data loss? If so, you are most likely a firm believer in backing up your information. Whether it was a deleted proposal that could have save you hours of work, or a presentation that someone wrote over, or a hard drive that died, there is no...

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Some Un-jolly Tidings...

2008-12-31 19:49

With the holidays here, there are many not-so-jolly “traditions” that are percolating through the internet. Specifically, we are focusing on the social engineering attacks frequently referred to as a confidence trick or as a con. A con is the basis for a number of online or computer...

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IE 0 Day Exploit

2008-12-12 19:27

Microsoft reported a new "zero-day exploit" that affects most versions of the Internet Explorer browser. A zero-day exploit is a security vulnerability that is being exploited before the software vendor or public know that the issue exists. This particular exploit attacks flaws within Internet...

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In whom do we trust?

2008-11-21 13:40

It’s one thing when private and personal information is breached through accident, theft, or the occasional cracker hacking the systems. While damaging, these occurrences can be defended against and the risk can be mitigated and managed through various means. That being said, it is quite another...

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Hunting the Elusive Email...

2008-11-06 10:20

Litigation is an unpleasant fact of life for many businesses and it now has serious Information Systems implications. E-Discovery (Electronic Discovery) rules shine a very bright spotlight on your Information Systems policies and procedures, and how well they are implemented. The policies,...

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Survival of the Adminless

2008-09-30 15:41

Just how dependent is your organization on your computer/network/systems administrator(s)? I like to think that all administrators are a Nietzschesque breed of super-humans who never get sick, hit by busses, retire, win the lottery, take other jobs, or quit. Unfortunately, statistics show...

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