Wed, Nov 30, 2011
Today, I’m going to walk you through the process of being able to browse the web in complete safety. The title of this post explicitly mentions “viruses”, but I’m using this as a more well-known moniker for the term “malware”. Malware is a more generic term which encompasses viruses, spyware, trojans, etc.
What I mean by “complete safety”, is that you do not have to worry about malware infecting your computer. It does not mean you are safe from being tricked into giving your banking passwords to a site that is only pretending to be your bank.
Sun, Nov 6, 2011
I held a workshop on Managing Software Projects with Subversion and Trac. I designed the workshop so that it would be easy for novices to follow, but it also contains some advanced topics. I created a simple eBook for the workshop that walks you through step by step on setting up Subversion and Trac. You can download the Managing Software Projects with Subversion and Trac eBook for free.
Wed, Oct 5, 2011
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Through a series of events across the country, National Cyber Security Awareness Month engages public and private sector partners to raise awareness and educate the public about cybersecurity.
Sun, Apr 24, 2011
On March 17, 2011, RSA announced that it had been the victim of a cyber intrusion, and as a result, information related to its SecurID product – a two-factor authentication device – had been compromised. According to RSA, the compromise does not lead to a direct attack on SecurID, but it does decrease its effectiveness.
In reaction to the RSA cyber intrusion, The National Security Agency (NSA) released Information Assurance Advisory No. IAA-003-2011: Recommended Actions for SecurID Users in Response to RSA Cyber Intrusion. This advisory expands on the information previously released by NSA via Information Assurance Alert No. IAR-001-2011: Mitigations for the RSA Cyber Intrusion, and provides additional guidance on:
· The use of SecurID hard tokens and soft tokens
· Fortifying the security profile of SecurID’s authentication factors
· Measures to harden SecurID’s Authentication Manager
Sun, Dec 5, 2010
The founders of the Black Hat conference, the best computer security conference in the world, will be hosting a free webcast – Attacking with HTML5. You can register for the Black Hat webcast here. Black Hat has been hosting security webcasts since July 2008. The Black Hat webcasts are a regular series of live web events focusing on what’s hot in Information Security. Each month, they bring together Black Hat speakers, independent researchers and leading experts to discuss relevant topics in security, and give you a chance to ask questions live. You can see a list of all the previously recorded Black Hat webcasts.
Tue, Nov 2, 2010
Back in September I entered the HP SugarTone business blogging contest hosted by Bloggertone and BizSugar. As part of the contest, they created a free small business eBook. My blog post, 6 Free and Amazing Ways to Promote Your Business, has been featured in the free eBook, along with many others. To download your free copy of the small business eBook click here.
