d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on June 28th, 2010

Earlier in the month, the Online Safety and Technology Working Group within the NTIA submitted their report entitled Youth Safety on a Living Internet, along with their recommendations to the Dept of Commerce and members of the House and Senate. Here is a summary of the objectives of the report which is take directly from [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on May 11th, 2009

It’s convenient to just turn on your computer, go get a cup of coffee and have the desktop waiting for you when you come back. Right? But do you realize that you are putting your sensitive data at risk when you do that? What if you lose your computer? One barrier to the Bad Guys [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on May 2nd, 2008

Computerworld reported last week that more people have been indicted on E-Rate fraud charges. Basically they have been accused of stealing money that was intended to help schools and libraries with technology for education. It is important that you know your vendors. Many vendors will approach schools with proposals for solutions they say qualify for [...]

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