d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on July 3rd, 2009

I can remember many, many years ago when my Dad disposed of old tax documents. He just threw them in the trash. The only redeeming factor was that we lived in the country and burned all of our paper trash. But, have you ever known anyone to just toss a confidential document in the trash? [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on June 29th, 2009

You can learn alot by watching people. I had breakfast this morning and was stunned to overhear someone on their cell phone give the administrative login credentials for the company website to someone else. They also very carefully spelled out the entire URL to the login page. If I were not trustworthy, I could log [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on June 24th, 2009

Are Facebook and Privacy mutually exclusive? Take a read of this article from Sophos. Simple Facebook flaw put all members at risk of identity theft A flaw has existed in the Facebook security model that has allowed access to private information in a member’s “Basic Information” page. The reminder cannot be made often enough… Be [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on May 28th, 2009

Tweet This! Have you seen this on a website? Twitter is often called a microblogging platform. I suppose it is. But, it also can be thought of as broadcast SMS (short message service). It’s kind of like text messaging on your cell phone. I’ve been asked my opinion of using Twitter. What follows is a [...]

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d.strom, cissp, gsec, gsna on May 21st, 2009

Is your cell phone like mine? I have names and addresses of family, friends, co-workers and peers stored in mine. I also have my calendar on it. A Facebook app can be accessed and more information found. My ToDo list is stored on it. Other apps, such as OliveTree Bible Reader, Notes, Twitter all are [...]

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