Swine Flu is impacting locations in Mexico, the US, Canada, Asia, and Australia. We recommend that you review your business continuity plan now. Even if the outbreak is contained, if it occurs where you have employees, your business could feel the full impact of the flu.
According to health officials at the UK NHS: “This virus [...]
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The Data Security Podcast is the place for 30 minutes of news every week on data security, privacy, and the law.
This weeks program – RSA Security confab report; A new way to protect against piracy: two-factor authentication. And, our take on this week’s news
–> Stream, subscribe or download Episode 50 – Listen or subscribe [...]
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I just took a pre-opening tour of the RSA Expo area. A lot of vendors are still setting up. Google has a very large booth, although I could not figure out what they were selling. Hopefully some privacy mojo will rub off from the participants, but I wouldn’t take a wager on that bet.
PhoneFactor is [...]
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The Data Security Podcast is the place for 30 minutes of news every week on data security, privacy, and the law.
This weeks program -The Twitter attacker in his own words; The Father of SSL web encryption, Dr. Elgamal. And our take on the news, including the over reaching and under reaching of law enforcement when [...]
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The blogosphere is atweet with news of a DarkWeb attack on Twitter users. We believe we were the first to contact the man who claims to be the creator of the worm. We thought better of using his voice on our podcast, though, when we realized he’s only 17 years old. That makes him too [...]
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The Data Security Podcast is the place for 30 minutes of news every week on data security, privacy, and the law.
This weeks program: Twitter worm a case study in web app security; Will Congress give sweeping cyber authority to the White House? And our take on the news.
–> Stream, subscribe or download Episode 48 – [...]
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The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 was just introduced by Senators Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME). This bill, if passed, could result in sweeping changes in how IT professionals do their job.
There is a provision within this bill that would require the licensure of cybersecurity professionals by the Federal Government. As far as [...]
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The Data Security Podcast is the place for 30 minutes of news every week on data security, privacy, and the law.
This weeks program: New PowerPoint zero day attack; Conficker is still alive and kickin’ how do you tell if it’s on your network? And the week’s news.
–> Stream, subscribe or download Episode 47 – [...]
Filed under: Breach, Podcast, Vulnerabilities, criminal forensics, darkweb, eMail Security, ediscovery, web server security | Tagged: Trojan, SANS, Conficker / Downadup Worm, biometrics, Wolverine, cybersecurity bill, FBI, PowerPoint, Snort, NMAP, Nessus, AdmitOne | Leave a Comment »
