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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: Security Through Obscurity is Not Security

There’s a very tried-and-true saying in the security world: “Security through obscurity is not security.” It is extremely common for users of technology to assume that “the bad guys” will not know how to break in, steal, hack, alter, or achieve whatever damage is in question. A similar belief is that “they wouldn’t be interested [...]

Tip of the Week: Leave it Home

This week’s Tip of the Week will give me a chance to give one nod to the naysayers.
Whenever a major data breach happens, such as the several that have plagued Oklahoma this year, I read the comments of the news coverage articles. These comment boards are filled with angry citizens, virtually yelling their displeasure, asking [...]

Easy Laptop Theft Deterrents

On January 12th, YumaSun.com reported the ease with which you can protect your laptop computer — and the ease with which that computer can be stolen.
Disabling automatic log-ins, requiring a BIOS password, and using technologies that can locate a laptop when the Internet is accessed (like MyLaptopGPS) are the easiest, most inexpensive ways to deter [...]

Resolution #1: Protect Employees from Identity Theft

It’s a new year, and everyone is making resolutions. But perhaps the most important resolution you can make this year is to protect everyone, even your employees or third party service providers, from identity theft.
PricewaterhouseCoopers released its sixth annual Global State of Information Security Survey 2008, announcing that businesses nationwide have implemented double-digit advances in [...]