I think the primary reason why organizations don't invest in IT training for their staff is because they actually don't have any plans to invest in their IT infrastructure, so...

There's been a joke for years that responds to this question: what happens if I train my developers and they leave? The answer (and the joke) is this: what happens...

If someone maintains something like financial or protected health information on their PC, then it's best to use a whole disk encryption solution like Microsoft BitLocker, PGP, or DiskCryptor (free...

zerko (11/5/2014)

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Eric M Russell (11/5/2014)

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Hey, I'm always pleasantly surprised to find a thumb drive in my swag bag. It would be kind of neat to have a Halloween themed conference...

Hey, I'm always pleasantly surprised to find a thumb drive in my swag bag. It would be kind of neat to have a Halloween themed conference each year, where everyone...

Is it just Express Edition; I thought it was only Enterprise Edition that suppots TDE, and all other editions (Standard, BI, Express, etc.) do not support it. You can still...

What these retailers need is encryption capability embedded in the card scanner devices. This is so obvious, I'm sure it's already an option. The further upstream data is encrypted, then...

Home Depot's corporate and IT headquarters are based here in Atlanta. I almost took a job offer...

Solomon Kane, because the character isn't that common at conventions and parties, and on some level I self identify with him.

http://www.comicvine.com/solomon-kane/4005-16222/

dbishop (10/30/2014)

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Yes they are, or are browsing as part of their job. Like when I go into a Best Buy and tell them I can buy product X on Amazon...

GoofyGuy (10/30/2014)

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Imagine having 100 former "script kiddies" all tethered together along a stretch of highway in the New Mexico desert, digging ditches for fibre optic cable. Let them do that...

Miles Neale (10/30/2014)

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Begin Rant!

I guess I have a different take on this. We appear to be operating under a broken understanding of crime and punishment. We look at...

If we can define what exactly it means to be "hacked", then we can successfully guard against it and detect it...

Robert.Sterbal (10/30/2014)

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While most illicit drug users are otherwise law abiding citizen's there is ample evidence that taking illegal drugs increase your risk of financial criminal activity since the dealers don't...

The impression I get is that most of these hacks targeting big retailers are actually not database penetrations. Malware gets installed on the Point Of Sale terminals, which then skims...