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Interview with Nicholas Raba, co-author of “Maximum Security 4/e”
Who is Nicholas Raba? Introduce yourself to our readers. Call me Nick. I’m the author of SecureMac.com, a site devoted to Macintosh security. This site has allowed me a …
Networks Risk Grounding Without Airport-Level Security
It is one of the old security adages that the nature of the threats to networks are ever-changing. Today they encompass physical threats (theft of computers), technical …
Corporate Access Cards: Securing Corporate Networks With Military-Strength Digital Identity Solutions
‘Identity theft’ has recently hit the headlines as a major security issue but the importance of digital identity and how to protect it has been a consideration for …
Interview with Greg Vaughn, co-author of “Maximum Security 4/e”
Who is Greg Vaughn? Introduce yourself to our readers. I’m primarily an enterprise application programmer. I’d been a consultant for a number of years before …
How to Use Passwords Securely
Every day, more and more services and applications require password authentication. For this reason, we will be looking at the risks of using the same password for various …
Interview with Billy Barron, co-author of “Maximum Security 4/e”
Who is Billy Barron? Introduce yourself to our readers. I am a 15 year veteran of the computer industry. What’s unique about my background is that I’ve spent about …
Trusted Debian v1.0 officially released
The Trusted Debian project aims to create a highly secure but usable Linux platform. To accomplish this, the project will use currently available security solutions for Linux …
NetBSD 1.6.1 has been released
The NetBSD operating system is a full-featured, open source, UNIX-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Networking Release 2 (Net/2), 4.4BSD-Lite, and …
Interview with Andrew G. Mason, author of “Cisco Secure Virtual Private Networks”
Andrew G. Mason, CCIE #7144, CCDP, CSS-1, is the CEO of three UK-based companies: Mason Technologies, CCStudy.com (resource site for Cisco Certification), and Boxing Orange. …
Centrally Managed Network Security: Hope or Reality?
Ask any IT professional to predict the future of computer networking and you will get different answers. Guessing the future of technology has always been a dicey business at …
Core Security Announces IMPACT 3.0 Penetration Testing Framework
Strategic security solutions developer Core Security Technologies, announced CORE IMPACT 3.0 – the new release of their penetration testing framework. Designed to …
Funk Software Announced Odyssey Secure 802.11 Client for Pocket PC
Wireless LAN security solutions provider Funk Software, recently announced Odyssey Client for Pocket PC. This new version of their 802.1x access client, gives the handheld …