If you believe this week’s report from Juniper Research, online payment fraud is expected more than double in the next five years going from a mere $22 billion in losses this year to $48 billion in losses by 2023. The industry recovers that money by raising prices. This cost is about $150 for every man, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]O P I N I O N People sometimes ask why IT can’t fix the cybersecurity problem. The reason is pretty simple. Cybersecurity is not an IT problem. IT can make systems very secure. Only problem is that employees won’t be able to get their job done. No mobile. No WiFi. No personally owned computers. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As we continue to hear in the news about Amazon storage bucket breaches, Amazon continues to try and stem the reputational damage. I am not aware of any of those data spills being caused by bugs in Amazon software, but the reputation damage is still real. Over the past year or so Amazon has made […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]One of my favorite quotes from a past life: There is never time to do it right. But there is always time to do it again. IoT is like that. As businesses rush at breakneck speed to do something cool with IoT, they are repeating past mistakes and not considering security. Given that the “S”in […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As a reminder, Cathay Pacific Airlines recently admitted it was hacked and lost data on over 9 million passengers. Information taken includes names, addresses, passport information, birth dates and other information They took a lot of heat for waiting 6 months to tell anyone about it (remember that GDPR requires you to tell the authorities […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Score One For Amazon Security! People who have read my blog for a while know that I am a big fan of two factor authentication. That little bit of extra security usually gets thrown out the window if you call in to customer service instead of logging in to the company’s web site. Two factor […]
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