d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on February 23rd, 2010

A few weeks ago I wrote about Why Trust is Important. In that post, the example of using your credit card at the gas station was presented, along with the assumptions about trust that are made. Yesterday, there was an article posted at dark Reading detailing recent credit card skimming incidents at gas station pumps. [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on February 19th, 2010

*** Warning *** This post is not directly related to information security. Ok. So I just watched the press conference and apology from Tiger Woods, and I saw something that we rarely see. He took confessed the wrongfulness of his actions, and took personal responsibility for what he did. He “has a lot to atone [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on February 2nd, 2010

It’s been over two weeks now since I installed a Verizon Wireless Network Extender at home. We can get a weak Verizon signal at our house, but it varies based upon where in the house the phone is. I wanted to have a way to reliably use my Verizon Wireless cell phones at home. That [...]

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