Your Client’s Data Value Demands a Response Last week I spoke at the Oklahoma Technology Symposium at The Cox Convention Center downtown, and then again to business leaders at the Gailaria Country Club north of the city. (Thanks to AnchorPoint Security and Check Point Software.) The value of your client’s data is rapidly growing, and this […]
What’s the Likelihood I’ll be Hacked Over the Next 12 Months? That’s the question every business leader should be asking. The answer – it’s likely. Over the past week two of my kids have been hit by fraudsters. Neither ended up paying, but both were initially confused. Had it not been for the constant security awareness […]
Adding Security to Managed IT Security is the most important part of your managed program. Last Thursday I spoke to resellers in Atlanta, sponsored by Check Point Software. This all day event included several important updates for resellers on what to consider in your managed program. Keeping patches up-to-date and backing up data is important, […]
We completed our first day of Making Money w/ Security on Monday with a group here in downtown Melbourne. As we were discussing some of the global security trends, one of the attendees pointed me to this ted video which does an excellent job of breaking down the Stuxnet technology – I would encourage anyone […]
Shamoon The August 17th article from PCWorld read, “…Next generation malware takes insidious to a whole new level.” I recently listed three big threats you should know about, Stuxnet, Flame, and Gauss…now add Shamoon to the mix. This one apparently wipes our your hard drive and master boot record to keep you from performing any […]
Cybercrime Update Are you up to date on cybercrime trends? Security continues to move…last year Anonymous dominated the Wall Street Journal security news,…this year there are some important technologies to be following: Stuxnet, Flame, and more recently, Gauss. Stuxnet If you are selling security technology, you should know what Stuxnet is…Here is a great […]
In preparation for our final day in the Virtual Making Money w/ Security Workshop I thought this short clip on urgent proposals would be apropos: © 2011, David Stelzl
“The victims are mostly small to midsize organizations using online bank accounts supplied by local community banks and credit unions, FBI analysis shows.” Small businesses are big targets! “The reason they’re going here is the controls are antiquated, and a smart program can often get the money out.” In other words, criminals and hackers know […]
I’m sure your customers are using Facebook, who isn’t? So is this okay? Facebook is like cloud computing and SaaS. It’s an application like Saleforce.com or like using Gmail. So if you discover Facebook accounts during an assessment or in the selling process, don’t consider this to be justification for a security project. However, there […]
Just in from one of my colleagues, something that should wake up any lethargic manager or business owner who tends to be unresponsive to security treats – the threat of losing everything, including personal reputation, family trust, friends, and their retirement fund. This seems like an easy attack… – Malware was used to infect Micheal […]
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