Tips 
Tip of the Week: Research(0)
This latest tip is an oldie but a goody: do your research. The latest Ponemon Cost of a Data Breach Study has many helpful pieces of information, summarized, which help emphasize some of the damage vectors that are actually affecting businesses–not in theory, but in practice. There are many guides and tools available (try a [...]
Tip of the Week: Calculate Potential Costs
This week’s tip follows the release of the Ponemon Institute’s 2010 Annual Cost of a Data Breach Study, another fantastic summary of key issues in the data security world. In conjunction with that study, Symantec, the study sponsor, also released information about a new online calculator they have released, which helps organizations gather some data [...]
Tip of the Week: If You Don’t Want the Advice, Don’t Ask (or Pay) for It
The Wall Street Journal recently ran a very interesting article about Kevin Mitnick. Do you remember Kevin Mitnick? He’s a famous engineer. Not the sort your likely thinking of.
He’s a social engineer.
And no, that doesn’t mean he’s a really savvy developer for Facebook.
Mitnick caused an estimated $300 million in damage through the better part of [...]
Tip of the Week: Laptop Already Stolen?
It’s probably a bit risky to post a topic twice in a row, but it appears we hit a nerve. Or, we should say, we hit a need. Our last Tip of the Week concerned the new MyLaptopGPS Too Late Guide, which is a document full of helpful tips for tracking and recovering your stolen [...]
More in this category:
- Tip of the Week: What To Do If It’s Too Late
- Can Your Laptop Do This? [WARNING: Violent Content]
- Tip of the Week: Laptop Theft Scam on Video
- Rip of the Week: All We Are is Breach in the Wind
- Tip of the Week: Write Your Passwords Down on a Post-It Note
- Tip of the Week: Five Steps to Managing Mobile Devices
- Tip of the Week: Gather the Key Players, Consider the Cost
- Tip of the Week: Get Good Laptop Insurance
- Tip of the Week: Have a Mental Checklist Procedure When You Travel
- Tip of the Week: Laptop Thieves Hate Mud
- Tip of the Week: Laptops and Mobiles Are 16% More Damaging in Breach
- Tip of the Week: It’s Expensive to Be a Data Breach Rookie
- Tip of the Week: Watch Especially for Malicious Attacks
- Tip of the Week: Ensure Security Policies and Safeguards Extend to Third Parties
- Tip of the Week: Believe It or Not, Don’t Act Too SOON
- Tip of the Week: Decide Who is on the Hook
- Tip of the Week: Walk a Fired Employee Straight to the Door
- Tip of the Week: Control Employee Websurfing ASAP
- Tip of the Week: Build a Disaster Recovery Plan, Part Four
- Tip of the Week: Build a Disaster Recovery Plan, Part Three
- Tip of the Week: Build a Disaster Recovery Plan, Part Two
- Tip of the Week: Build a Disaster Recovery Plan, Part One
- Tip of the Week: Use a Third-Party Security Auditor
- Tip of the Week: Use a Real (Strong) Password
- Tip of the Week: Don’t Keep All Your Eggs (Passwords) In One Basket
- Tip of the Week: Shut Down Unused Ports
- Tip of the Week: Patch the Jugular First…Or Just Patch Something First
- Tip of the Week: Ensure Comprehensive, Not Selective, Encryption
- Tip of the Week: Change the Default Password!
- Tip of the Week: Watch Your Logs
- Tip of the Week: Implement Periodic Policy Review
- Tip of the Week: Security Through Obscurity is Not Security
- Tip of the Week: Encryption + Tracking = Serious Protection
- Tip of the Week: Automate Your Backup
- Tip of the Week: Again, Avoid Distraction in Public
- Tip of the Week: Use a Screen Shield
- Tip of the Week: Leave it Home
- Tip of the Week: Would You Really Trust a Stranger?
- Tip of the Week: Encrypt!
- Tip of the Week: Use the Safe
- Tip of the Week: Use a BIOS Password
- Tip of the Week: Consider Private Web Browsing
- Tip of the Week: Don’t Even Trust Security Software
- Tip of the Week: Don’t Forget the 250 GB Thumbnail
- Tip of the Week: Avoid Distraction in Public
- Tip of the Week: Record Serial Numbers
- Tip of the Week: There is No Silver Bullet
- Tip of the Week: Use a TSA-Approved Laptop Bag
- Tip of the Week: Use Technology to Beat Your Employees
- Tip of the Week: Back it Up
- Tip of the Week: Stop Denying Your Risk
- Tip of the Week: Airport Insecurity
- Tip of the Week: Assume Your Employees Ignore You
- Tip of the Week: Don’t Assume Anybody is Keeping Your Data Safe
- Tip of the Week: Forget Your Passwords
- Tip of the Week: Know What’s Going On
- Tip of the Week: Get Serious (and “Passwords” Aren’t Serious)
- Tip of the Week: Patches Make Perfect
- Tip of the Week: Take a Jacket (Mom Was Right)
- Tip of the Week: Follow the Thief and Slap Him
- Tip of the Week: Break the Twenty Second Window
- Tip of the Week: Plain Sight Means Just Might
- Tip of the Week: Mark It
- Tip of the Week: Throw Your Elbows
- Tip of the Week: Common Sense Can Save Your Life