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Do You Have a Disaster Recovery Plan for Your Front Door?

The Internet of Things never fails to amaze me.  And make us think outside of the box. As the British publication The Register said, your smart lock may be knackered.  Google says that knacker means damage severely and I think they are right. Here is the story. For AirBnB hosts, one security challenge they have […]

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The Fallout From a Ransomware Attack

We have heard from two big name firms who succumbed to the recent Petya/NotPetya ransomware attack and they provide interesting insights into dealing with the attack. First a quick background.  A week ago the world was coming to grips with a new ransomware attack.  Initially called Petya because it looked like a strain of the […]

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How to Spend $100 Million Without Even Trying

UPDATE: The Sun, not always the most reliable information source, is saying the outage and trickle down affected 300,000 passengers and may cost the airline $300+ million.  The CEO, Alex Cruz, allegedly said, when warned earlier about the new system installed last fall, that it was the staff’s fault, not the system’s, that things were […]

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The Cloud is not a Miracle – Do Your Homework

As more people and more businesses embrace the cloud, the opportunity for disaster goes up. For example, we have seen companies move to the Amazon cloud and then be surprised when their web sites go dark (see this example). There are no silver bullets when it comes to data center availability and the cloud is […]

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Internet of Things – The New Hacker Attack Vector

Recently, Brian Krebs (KrebsOnSecurity.com) was hit with a massive denial of service attack.  The site went down – hard – and was down for days.  His Internet Service Provider kicked him off, permanently.  The attack threw over 600 gigabits per second of traffic at the site.  There are very few web sites that could withstand […]

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