Tag Archives: security

New Company: KeyMe

The company named KeyMe allows you to scan your key, either via mobile app or at a kiosk, and create a digital copy. It can then ship you a key when you want a copy, or you can have one … Continue reading

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Cybersecurity Bill of Rights Adopted by NAIC

On October 14th, 2015, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (co-developer of the Model Audit Rule) has adopted the Cybersecurity Bill of Rights​ ​ The Cybersecurity Bill of Rights describes what you can expect from insurance companies, agents, and other … Continue reading

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Happy Two-Factor Tuesday!!!

Check out some of my awesome posts on enabling Two-Factor What is Two-Factor? It’s something you know… like a password… and something you have, like an token generator or smartphone! That doesn’t mean have an easy to guess password though! You … Continue reading

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National Cyber Security Awareness Month Weeks 1 & 2

I’m on a mission to increase my Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits and what better way than promote National Cyber Security Awareness Month? Just like I’ve been posting, October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Here are two videos I’ve … Continue reading

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Let the Data Tell Your Story

Big data doesn’t necessarily mean good data. This presentation, created Aug 25 2015, makes us realize that bad guys have the good data and it enables them to keep attacking successfully. (It’s a 47 minutes presentation)

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Schools Hacked

The University of California Berkeley school was hit with a data breach that might have exposed students’ Social Security numbers. The data held in the breached computer included Names, Social Security, and bank account numbers. The breach affected about 260 … Continue reading

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4.5 Malware Variants a Second

According to German Independent IT Security company AV-TEST, there are 12,000,000 variants of malware a month. That’s about 4.5 every second! Malware, a combination of the words Malicious and Software, can be downloaded or sent to users to click on … Continue reading

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Tales from the Encrypt (RSA Video)

Happy Halloween!

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Breaches, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities in October 2014

This might be the longest one I’ve done so far: List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October http://t.co/AtYQ3vBJEa — Lewis Morgan (@LewisMorgan_) October 28, 2014 Payment information breach Dairy Queen Data breach hits 395 stores ‘Big K’ raided … Continue reading

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NOVA Labs – Cybersecurity Lab

I stumbled upon a little jewel yesterday when I found PBS Presents: The Secret Lives of Hackers. The video is nicely done, but what’s more is the website that the video was originally posted on. PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, … Continue reading

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