IT Security Audits: A Necessary Evil…
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As I prepare to conduct my next IT security audit at a client’s…
iPad Security
Apple's new iPad is set to be released on April 3rd and SecurityOrb.com a Washington D.C.-based information security media company has looked beyond the hype into the possible security matters consumers should be concerned about.
SANS WhatWorks in Virtualization and Cloud Computing Summit with Tom Liston, Washington DC, August 19-20
As security professionals, we work in an environment that never…
(IN)SECURE Magazine Issue 26 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a freely available digital security magazine
discussing…
Digital Forensic Acquisition
One of the key aspects of conducting digital forensics pertains with the proper collection and authentication of the evidence. If the evidence is not collected properly, there is a very good chance the results of the examination will be questioned. Following digital forensic best practices, we typically conduct our examination on copies, often referred to as "forensic images" of the original evidence.
Microsoft Office 2008 12.2.5 Update for Mac OS X
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS10-038. This security…
Information Security vs Information Privacy
Information technology conflicting with personal and information privacy has been a major topic in recent months keeping privacy organizations including the Washington D.C. based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) busy as the premiere privacy watchdog in the U.S. For example, recent issues such as Google asking the NSA for assistance in the investigation of a cyber-attack that occurred on its network.
Types of Wireless Attacks
Standard wireless communication occurs when the end user and the wireless access point are able to communication on a point-to-point basis without interruptions. There are many attack variations in existence against wireless networks that breaks the standard communication format. These attacks includes the denial of service attacks, the man in the middle attacks and the WEP key-cracking attack to name a few and are described below.
The Types of Hackers: Black Hat, White Hat or a Gray Hat Hacker, Which Type are you?
A white hat hacker is a computer and network expert who attacks…
Cloud Computing and Security Concerns
Cloud computing has been receiving a lot of press in the IT mainstream media lately and all indications points to it continuing to be a hot topic for some time.
