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Buying A Smart Home – Food For Thought

In the world of a connected home (or any other building), when you sell it or buy it, you need to consider the security and privacy implications.  Does the former owner still have access to the security cameras?  HVAC?  Alarm system?  Are the smart devices not so smart anymore?  Have they EVER been patched?  Are […]

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Security Experts and Average Users Think Differently

Google interviewed and/or surveyed hundreds of users and experts to see how they thought on security issues.  Not completely surprisingly, there were many differences.  Here are a few: The #1 difference between experts and real people is in INSTALLING UPDATES.  Experts rated that as the most important thing to do to improve security.  35% of […]

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How The NSA Broke Trillions Of Encrypted Connections

Encryption can be very secure.  Or Not.  It depends on how it is implemented.  Apparently, at least according to some sources, most of the Internet has gotten it wrong.  That’s not very comforting. The rules of who people are protecting themselves from has changed from just a few years ago.  Now we are talking about […]

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NYSE Releases Free eBook On Cyber Risk

The New York Stock Exchange, in partnership with Palo Alto Networks, 40+ authors and The Security Roundtable, have published a free eBook entitled Navigating The Digital Age: The Definitive Cybersecurity Guide for Directors and Officers. While some might argue about the hyperbole surrounding calling it THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE, it does provide a lot of information […]

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Complying With State Privacy Laws

Businesses have long complained about complying with 46 different cybersecurity/privacy laws (plus the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) and the lack of a national privacy law.    Alabama, Kentucky, New Mexico and South Dakota are the only states without such laws.  The states have fired back saying that a national […]

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AT&T Says Security Incidents Up 48% Over 2013

AT&T released it’s first public cybersecurity incident analysis report last week.  As a network security services provider, they get to see the attacks in real time.  One service that AT&T offers is to mitigate security threats in the network before they ever reach you.  They also offer cyber security consulting services.  AT&T’s competitor Verizon also […]

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