The terrible events in Nashville will take a long time to recover from. The bomb, likely intentionally, severely damaged an AT&T “wire center” near downtown, shutting off AT&T service for millions of customers. This included some 911 call centers, cell phone users, land line customers, Internet service and even cable TV. Those 911 call centers […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We definitely live in interesting times. The virus is surging and at the same time morphing. Two different vaccines have been approved for emergency use. More are on the way. The country is discovering that actually getting vaccines in people’s arms is harder than talking about it. AND, there is talk of you having to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Again, let me start off with – this seems to be mostly legal – maybe on the edge, but no court has said that it is illegal. Bartonville, Texas, population 1500, is the home of Hawk Analytics. One of a host of big data analytics firms, Hawk has specialized in taking cell phone metadata and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First of all, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. OCC, FRB and FDIC Propose New Rule – Tell Us If You Have a Security Incident The federal banking regulators are proposing a new rule that banks and tech companies that service banks need to report to their regulator within 36 hours if the have […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Privileged accounts represent a major vulnerability for all networks and systems. If a hacker can compromise a privileged account they can do a lot more damage than if a regular account is compromised. So what do you need to do to protect those accounts? Note that privileged accounts exist at the operating system level (Windows, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As is often the case when the feds do something, there is probably at least one thing that is good in this notice of proposed rulemaking and probably others that are less good. The HIPAA privacy rule is designed to protect the privacy of patient data, but other than stopping providers from selling your health […]
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