Think Before You Click To Celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month

The most serious economic and security challenges we face are cyber threats. This is not just true in the United States, but everywhere. Economic prosperity and competitiveness in the 21st Century depends on effective cybersecurity and ensuring the safety of everyone online. Since more and more of us get our news, interact, do business and play online, it’s important to make sure things are safe. October 2011 marks the eighth annual National Cyber Security...

The most serious economic and security challenges we face are cyber threats. This is not just true in the United States, but everywhere. Economic...

For those who have never heard of it, Conficker is a computer worm that targets Microsoft Windows systems and creates a botnet; a collection of compromised computers connected to the Internet, used for malicious purposes. The good news is that the worm’s purpose is not to destroy your computer or its data. The bad news is that it connects with other computers to create a large networked supercomputer that can do a lot more...

For those who have never heard of it, Conficker is a computer worm that targets Microsoft Windows systems and creates a botnet; a collection...

I just listened to an excellent webcast by Neil MacDonald at Gartner on “Why Cloud-Based Computing Will Be More Secure Than It Is Today”. Gartner says that security concerns seem to be top of mind in different surveys on the adoption of cloud computing. Security is important, but people are focusing on the wrong thing. Many organizations focus on securing or locking down devices. IT locks down servers, firewalls, desktops, mobile devices, you name...

I just listened to an excellent webcast by Neil MacDonald at Gartner on “Why Cloud-Based Computing Will Be More Secure Than It Is Today”. ...

Everyone uses online services to buy things, communicate, work, share information and keep in touch friends and family. We all need to log into a website or service before we get access and that means using a password. We all love passwords because they’re easy to use, but we hate them because we have to remember them. The experts tell us to create something that’s not easy to guess, but it needs to be...

Everyone uses online services to buy things, communicate, work, share information and keep in touch friends and family. We all need to log into...

Leaking information is nothing new and in many cases some organizations do it as part of a strategy. How many times have you heard the line “According to a high-level source …” Sometimes organizations want to leak information to see the reaction before making a real decision. Unfortunately when information leaks cause major problems, you need to clamp down on them before things get out of hand. The leak could be benign, but it...

Leaking information is nothing new and in many cases some organizations do it as part of a strategy. How many times have you heard...

Here is another great video explaining cloud computing. Lots of people are still confused with all the terminology thrown around, so I thought that with Dreamforce and VMWorld 2011 this week, it was a good time to help explain the cloud in simple terms. Both of these conferences bring together luminaries, dignitaries and companys (couldn’t think of another aries word) from all over the tech world. I bet if you ask 10 people for...

Here is another great video explaining cloud computing. Lots of people are still confused with all the terminology thrown around, so I thought that...

This summer has seen a great number of data breaches all over the world. Some of these are high profile, like Epson Korea and the rash of Sony hacks. Some are small, like an incident in Louisiana where copies of confidential documents were found on a city street. And some just make you shake your head, like the play book of the Green Bay Packers being scattered all over the street. 46 states in...

This summer has seen a great number of data breaches all over the world. Some of these are high profile, like Epson Korea and...

One of the problems of all of our newfangled portable devices is that they are very easy to misplace or steal. How many times have you accidentally left your phone or laptop somewhere? It’s even worse with iPads and Android tablets. Just last week I heard over an airport PA that someone left a laptop at the TSA security area. These things are so small and light we forget about them if we’re not...

One of the problems of all of our newfangled portable devices is that they are very easy to misplace or steal. How many times...

Everyone from my kids to my mother and business partners is embracing cloud computing. Small and medium businesses are going at it like gangbusters. Large companies are moving slowly, but just about everyone is looking to move some of their operations into the cloud. My business runs almost exclusively in the cloud. It’s true that we have desktops, laptops, smart phones and tablets, but all our important information lives in the cloud. I use...

Everyone from my kids to my mother and business partners is embracing cloud computing. Small and medium businesses are going at it like gangbusters. ...

I love this video explaining cloud computing; it uses a picture of a dog. So many people are confused and who can blame them with all the hype out there. Some companies say that everything on the Internet is cloud computing. At it’s basic level, cloud computing is any computing capability offered on-demand over the Internet. It can be a photo-sharing site or your AP system. Rather than building it yourself, you only pay...

I love this video explaining cloud computing; it uses a picture of a dog. So many people are confused and who can blame them...

AI Data Infrastructure