I recently had the pleasure of talking with Raoul Chiesa, OPST, OPSA, and ISECOM Trainer, about international perspectives on cybersecurity issues.
Ever since the beginning of the Internet, we have been facing ever increasing threats which can affect the stability and usability of your network.
Generally in a trusting relationship spying isn’t necessary. I’m sure Sandra Bullock, Kate Gosselin or Tiger Wood’s wife didn’t think they needed to spy on their husbands, until they did. Reckless behavior like that can bring home a very itchy or very deadly disease. One that victimizes the innocent.
New Hampshire recently voted down the bill (HB 1409) and sided with the Security Industry to allow Biometrics. So now that security is becoming a priority, where does it stand in the role of Authentication Verification?
Children say and do things that make them vulnerable to dangers in the outside world. A parent can parent all day long and do everything possible to protect their kids from themselves, but a child’s persistence to have their way can wear a parent down. It’s a constant fight that make...
In working with various clients on the topic of security, a common theme has emerged. Management and employees still labor under the perception that fraud is still the purview of unorganized individuals with an axe to grind against a specific company...
Did you hear the news? CSRF isn’t a big deal. I just got the memo too! There were a few posts pointing me to an article on the fact that CSRF isn’t that big of a deal. Fear not, I am here to lay the smack down on this foolishness. To be fair, I have no idea who this guy is, and maybe he...
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the implementation of a secure data transfer application for its BlackBerry Smartphone using the same encryption protocol developed by Media Sourcery, which is the basis for Infosec Island's own IslandPKI service...
Culture is most commonly defined as the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a group of people. So an organization’s culture of behaviors and beliefs are what shape the decisions people make and results an organization achieves...
Organizations are more often asking to include a social engineering evaluation, but it still surprises me just how many of them have not previously had a formal SE evaluation process in place until we do our first audit with them. I get “oh, our accounting firm calls into our user base from ti...