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Did You Think the OPM Breach Could Be This Bad? I Didn’t
These are some serious allegations. Read the whole story for the chilling insight and alleged incompetency. Here are some choice quotes:
"From my perspective, OPM compromised this information more than three years ago," he added. "And my take on the current breach is 'so what's new?'"
In fact, the breach was unprecedented in its breadth and scope: "Security-wise, this may be the worst breach of personally identifying information ever,"
Oli’s Top Five Computing Threats for the Second Half of 2015
I was recently asked to be part of a webinar moderated by Elliott Markowitz, The VAR Guy. Elliott wanted me to share my thoughts on the top threats facing small to mid-size businesses. My answer is not scientifically derived, but based upon what I am seeing most often in the past two years of IT and security management in my world. I am seeing the top threats from these five areas:
1. Ransomware – Organized crime groups that encrypt all your important files and hold your data hostage until you pay....
Password Tip and Weekly Tips on Smart Business Practices
David Berkus writes a very good weekly blog on “cutting edge business success tips.” The series of blogs is called Berkonomics and it is worth your time to go there and register to receive the weekly e-mails. Here is an example of his writing on the topic of “Switching Costs.” You can sign-up HERE. Dave’s series of blogs is also available in three Berkonomics books.
While I love reading Dave’s blogs and I am therefore sharing the information above, my main reason for writing this blog today is to share another piece of the endless wisdom that comes from Dave. This week his blog e-mail started with this paragraph:
First, let me PLEAD with you to take care with your email and strengthen your email password. A clever hacker invaded....
Purpose, Mastery and Autonomy in Managing IT Infrastructure
I love Daniel Pink’s writings. I thought I would share this article from SmartCompany.com. The message about Purpose, Mastery and Autonomy I reread from time to time. The message is short, but it rings so [...]
Alvaka’s Kevin McDonald Writes for CAPG on 15 Ways to Safeguard PHI
Alvaka Networks COO/CISO Kevin McDonald is a featured author in this month’s CAPG Health magazine. He writes about the obligations under HIPAA and HITECH to protect health information and how failure to do so can [...]
Beware – There is a New Ransomware Variant Running Loose
I just read on BleepingComputer.com a new post about a variation of the CoinVault ransomware. This one is called BitCryptor and unless you have a good backup it sounds like you will be paying the ransom if you are hit.
Here are some key characteristics: