Cyber Security Headwinds: It’s about Self Peservation

by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 20, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Online Security

Cyber Attacks and Cyber Distrust Drives Older Technologies. I recently commented in my LinkedIn Smartcard Group to a posting about why The USPS was promoting their “snail mail over email. Some commentors argued that promoting older technologies like...

Ten Electronic Devices Security Tips When Traveling Abroad

by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 13, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Industrial Espionage

Cyber Warefare – Safeguard Your Electronic Devices. When employees travel abroad here are ten electronic devices security tips I pulled from  a recent New York Times article, “Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery” by Nicole Perlroth....

Don’t Surrender Online Security for Convenience

by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 1, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Password Management

Who has the best password manager for online security? Online security is now more important with cyber attacks are on the rise in 2012. That is the prediction by many security experts. Individuals, industries and agencies are all trying to find safeguards that will...

Smart Card Alliance Weakly Defends The Industry

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 25, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication, Power LogOn, Smartcards

The Smart Card Alliance offers platitudes but don’t identify the culprits! The Smart Card Alliance released their weak response to the recent Sykipot Tojan attack which hijacked the Department of Defense authentication smartcards. Unlike hypothetical attacks on...

Passphrases are NOT Secure Passwords

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 18, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication

With all the news articles regarding the cyber-attacks by Anonymous, China, India and the release of the weak passwords employees’ use, some “security pundits” recommend the use of “passphrases” instead of passwords. However, I have to...

Preventing Physical Identity Theft

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 11, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

Source: Online Identity Theft Protection for Dummies by Dovell Bonnett Physical identity theft occurs when thieves come in close contact with their victims or the information they’re stealing. For example, thieves may engage in dumpster diving where they look...