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Using your credit card is not secure

Submitted by MarkAdams on Fri, 01/23/2009 - 08:00

Criminals are constantly finding new ways to get a hold of your credit card number and expiration date. Businesses to whom you give your credit card information are constantly finding ways to lose this information. Why is it so easy to steal credit card numbers, and should you be worried?

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SSL MD5 PKI vulnerabilities threaten Web security

Submitted by MarkAdams on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 08:00

In case you weren't aware, a vulnerability in the public key infrastructure (PKI) of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) has been in the news recently. Is it a big deal? It's definitely a problem highlighted by some important and great research in the field.

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Buying green security products

Submitted by MarkAdams on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 08:00

Besides the obvious cost savings in electricity used by the device, using green security appliances can extend the life of the hardware.

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SC IT happens

Submitted by MarkAdams on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 08:00

Security Compromises in Information Technology are going to happen. It's how you deal with them that matters.

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Online holiday shopping at work puts strain on businesses

Submitted by MarkAdams on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 12:58

According to a ISACA survey, up to four out of 10 American employees will spend up to five hours shopping online while at work, at the potential cost of $3000 per employee.

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Microsoft to move from fee based OneCare antivirus to free Morro

Submitted by MarkAdams on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:31

Microsoft announced on Tuesday that it was releasing a new streamlined antivirus product with a small foot print, code-named "Morro". Additionally, Microsoft says that the product will be completely free.

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OTFE on Linux, encrypting your data

Submitted by MarkAdams on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 15:46

I previously wrote about on the fly encryption, also known as OTFE in my article about using it on my PDA to encrypt data in case the device is stolen.

Today, I'm writing about OTFE for Linux servers. The benefits of OTFE are that you only have to type a password once, and then the encrypted data is easily accessible for the entire session. However, if someone steals your hard disk, the data is as secure as your encryption key.

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Your network's access control

Submitted by MarkAdams on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 08:00

Although many organizations are likely to protecting data with passwords and a network firewall, there are many network access controls that are overlooked. I'm going to cover some of the most common ones.

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Transparent web proxy, protecting assets through monitoring

Submitted by MarkAdams on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 12:24

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, as designated by the US Department of Homeland Security. As a result, I'll be focusing my articles on protecting your users and your network.

If you haven't seen my previous articles on phishing, you may want to check those out to help your users. Today, I'm going to be writing about protecting your users from themselves.

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Microsoft files suit against Antivirus 2009

Submitted by MarkAdams on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 08:00

According to Brian Krebs, Security Fix blogger for The Washington Post, the State of Washington, assisted by Microsoft Corp., has filed a "John Doe" lawsuit against the distributor of the Antivirus 2009 malware, which I wrote about earlier.

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