Tag: Security
Security
Fixing the Weak Link in the Security Fence
Unless you've been completely off the grid for the past few days, you've probably heard about the global havoc caused by the outbreak of the "WannaCry" ransomware variant. This one is particularly nasty, in that it includes some worm-like characteristics...
Best Practices, Business Practices, Security
Hardware Firewall for USB Devices
This is one of the best low-cost security products to come along in a long time. Here's why. A few years ago, I attended a security conference sponsored by Ingram Micro (a large distributor of technology products, for those of...
Best Practices, Business Practices, Security
SSL and Certificates – Part 4 of 3
Yes, it's time to add on another post about SSL certificates. I suppose I could have gone back through all of the posts and corrected the titles to "Part x of 4," But, in the spirit of Douglas Adams, whose...
Best Practices, Business Practices, Security
Tips for Securing an IoT Deployment
Hard on the heels of updating my earlier post about the Internet of Things (IoT), I came across another post on ZDnet entitled "How to Secure Your IoT Deployment in 10 Steps," that was published a few days ago. While...
Best Practices, Security
Change the Damned Passwords!
According to a post today on ZDnet, a team of researchers from Trend Micro revealed, at the RSA conference in San Francisco, that there are more than 178 million IoT devices visible to the Internet in the ten largest U.S....
Business Practices, Microsoft, Security
Microsoft’s New Patch Strategy
Starting yesterday (October 11), Microsoft began rolling out a new way to patch Win7, Win 8.1, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2 systems. Instead of releasing a bunch of individual updates, they will be pushing out monthly...
Best Practices, Security
What’s Wrong with SMS Authentication?
Back at the end of July, quite a bit of media buzz was generated by reports that the NIST was recommending, in the draft of their new publication addressing digital authentication methods, that using SMS text messages as a second...
Best Practices, Security
Using File Sync & Share to Help Fight Ransomware
We’ve written a lot about security in general and ransomware in particular, because your security is a major concern to us - and we hope your own organization’s security is a major concern to you as well – and because...
Best Practices, Security
ESET Adds Data Leakage Protection
ESET recently announced the addition of Safetica Data Loss Prevention (“DLP”) products to its Technology Partner Alliance. These are tools that are designed to prevent the accidental (or intentional) transmission or leakage of sensitive data outside the enterprise network. If...