The Elders of the Internet Have A Message for the U.S. Congress
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) was founded in 1990 as a donor funded non-profit with a focus on fighting for…
How to Share Bad Project News
In the spirit of the holiday season, I just wanted to bring some levity to the blog. I’ll leave it…
The Sum of All Fears: From Vulnerability to Exploit, the Importance of Patch Management
Why is patch management so important? If your servers aren’t updated and managed properly, your data and applications are left…
What You Need to Know About Duqu
Duqu is a stealthy computer virus with a hidden agenda... Everything that you need to know about Duqu: Duqu was…
Only 18% of Software Apps Pass Security Tests
Over the past 18 months, almost 10,000 software applications from the government and private sector were submitted to Veracode’s online security…
Big Data Fights Crime: The FBI’s Next Generation Identification
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been in the Big Data business since 1999 when it launched the Integrated Automated Fingerprint…
Top 10 Software Glitches of 2011
Our friends at WebLayers just released their annual Top Ten list of the worst computer glitches to have wreaked havoc…
How a HIPAA Breach Can Negatively Impact Your Business
According to the Ponemon Institute’s 2011 Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, data security breaches cost the U.S.…
Location-Based Analytics, Carrier IQ and Your Mobile Privacy
If you’ve been following the news recently, you’ve heard the buzz about an invasive Carrier IQ software that’s likely installed…
Crying “Cyber Attack” in Illinois
Earlier this month, a pump burned out mysteriously at a water plant in Springfield, Illinois. Log data traced the problem…
