Using Biometrics to Improve Corporate Security

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 15, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Online Security, Password Authentication

Corporate security is no longer about locks and keys to keep intruders out of an office or building. Biometrics identity and data security have become the treasure that needs to be guarded. (Re-Posting from BIOMIDS – Biometric Identification and Security...

Social Networking Hack Increases Data Breach Vulnerability

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 14, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Social Networking

Data breach can affect other “SoNet” Junkies The hack of the social networking (“SoNet”) giant LinkedIn may have made your company more vulnerable to a data breach. The recent attack where 6.5 million passwords were posted on a Russian...

Data Breach Costs Drop Misleads while Cyberattacks Increase

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 13, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Online Security, Social Networking

A Data Breach can still bankrupt a business In Ponemon Institution’s annual “Cost of Data Breach Study” shows that the cost per record lost and the average cost of a data breach dropped in 2011. The cost per record dropped from $214 to $194, and from...

Electronics Travel Dangers

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 8, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage

Dangers of Traveling Overseas with Mobile Phones, Laptops, PDA’s and other Electronic Devices Re-posting from “The Talon Shield”, June 2012, Issue #6 Hotel business centers and phone networks are regularly monitored in many countries. In some...

Microsoft Will Strengthen Windows Update To Repel Flame

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 6, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Online Security

Emergency patch was just the first step in stopping further Flame-type attacks The following is a copy of a Flame article from Dark Reading the emergency patch for Windows issued yesterday by the software giant Dark Reading Microsoft plans to beef up security for...

Even Romney Can’t Remember Passwords

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 6, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management

Simple Security Questions Weaken Passwords Today it was reported that presumptive GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney had his personal Hotmail account hacked by someone who figured out Romney’s answer to the “Forgot Password” security...