Posts Tagged ‘IT security’

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  Ransomware: It Certainly Does Make Me WannaCry

  May 15, 2017 • Standards & Regulation • dladmin • Comments (0)

  It would be surprising if it were upon this page you heard for the first time about the massive ransomware attack that bethumped the internet on Friday.  Starting at 8:00 a.m. Zulu time, it is being called the biggest outbreak ever, and showed up all across...

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  Cybercreeps and Cybercrats (Part 2)

  March 15, 2016 • Standards & Regulation • dladmin • Comments (0)

  Part 2 – Working with the (Cyber) Man Homeland security’s broad take on cybersecurity (mentioned in part 1) may be a little expansive, but that only highlights the fact that it is an area of IT that’s uniquely engaged with the tools of...

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  Cybercreeps and Cybercrats (Part 1)

  March 13, 2016 • Management Practice • dladmin • Comments (0)

  Part 1 – What Is Cybersecurity and why should you care? I think of myself as a maker.  Nothing pleases me more than when I deliver to the user and hear “Oh, this is better.”   Even a simple macro, to know I’m making somebody’s...

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  Heartbleed Demands OpenSSL Surgery

  April 8, 2014 • News, Standards & Regulation • dladmin • Comments (0)

  An especially dangerous web vulnerability was discovered and made public yesterday, known as Heartbleed.  You should read no further and simply change your critical online passwords without delay.  Seriously.  Do it now. You can get details in this...

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  Trust, But Encrypt

  January 17, 2014 • News, Standards & Regulation • dladmin • Comments (0)

  It will come as no surprise that businesses outside of the US are now leery about storing their data inside American borders, as was shown in this survey reported by CIO magazine.   Some non-Americans see the Snowden scandal as an opportunity (The Toronto...

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  Moving Securely To the Cloud

  November 4, 2013 • Innovation, News • dladmin • Comments (0)

  Many organizations still hesitate to leap into the cloud.  This usually stems firstly from cost considerations, which are different for everyone.  Caveat emptor, ’nuff said.  Then it’s concerns over security and seamlessness (see this...

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