Expert analysis
What’s privacy got to do with it?
The news has been rife over the last few weeks with stories of privacy breaches by names we trust and use on daily basis. First it was Google. The corporation with the most …
Social Engineering and Dr. Cialdini’s “Influence”
Over the past few years, we have completed a number of social engineering tests as part of advanced penetration testing at various organizations. Coincidentally, I recently …
A closer look at PC Tools Firewall Plus
PC Tools Firewall Plus (6.0.0.88) is a free personal firewall for Windows. It helps you prevent unauthorized users from gaining access to your computer through the Internet or …
Q&A: Symantec’s acquisitions and the future
Francis deSouza is senior vice president of the Enterprise Security Group at Symantec. In this interview he discusses Symantec’s recent acquisitions, how they mitigate …
Surviving and recovering from network interruptions
Ongoing changes to network and security device configuration are unavoidable and necessary for business. But they are also risky. They can have unexpected consequences – …
Security process automation: Create order from chaos
As a boy I loved Lego. I’d use the red and green and white bricks that in those days came in just a few shapes, to construct houses, ships, cars and stairways that lead …
Check the privacy level of your Facebook account
If you have been worried lately about what information that you have included in your Facebook account might be accessible to people other than your Facebook friends, wonder …
Q&A: Anti-phishing training game
Norman Sadeh, CEO or Wombat Security, is also a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University where he developed Wombat’s anti-phishing …
A closer look at Carbon Copy Cloner
If you care about your data, you should consider backups as essential, not just important. Apple did a lot for the average user with the introduction of Time Machine, but …
Black swans, secure access and business continuity
If you’d looked through the contingency plans of the world’s top 500 companies in March of this year, it’s unlikely you’d have found a scenario that …
A closer look at LastPass
LastPass (v. 1.68.2) is a multi-platform, multi-browser password manager and form filler. You can use it on Windows, Mac OS or Linux; with IE, Firefox, Safari or Chrome. I …
Lessons learned and ongoing risks at third anniversary of T.J. Maxx breach
As the third anniversary of the infamous TJX data breach approaches, Slavik Markovich, CTO of Sentrigo, shares his thoughts on how data security has improved, and also …