Employees Are Not Evil…

by Dovell Bonnett | Sep 4, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn, Social Networking

They Are Just Drawn That Way Paraphrasing a line from Jessica Rabbit from the movie Roger Rabbit seems the appropriate comment from Geoffrey A. Fowler’s article “What’s a Company’s Biggest Security Risk? You.” Hence the headline:...

Large Password and User Names Heist

by Dovell Bonnett | Jul 25, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management

8.24 Million Passwords and User Names stolen and posted by hackers. If you use the online gaming site Gamigo, if your user name was your email address and you use the same password elsewhere then you need to be very, very concerned.  Cyber criminals will now...

Add MultiFactor Authentication to Paragon® Hospital Information System

by Dovell Bonnett | Jul 9, 2012 | Hospital Information System, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication, Password Management

Multifactor Authentication required by HIPPA & HITECH Access Smart® adds multifactor authentication to McKesson’s Paragon Hospital Information System (HIS) software. Access Smart’s Power LogOn® application requires no modifications to the...

Smart Card Authentication Stops Cyber-Attacks

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 18, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn, Smartcards

Access Smart® Announces Power LogOn® Administrator 5.3 for Smart Cards Access Smart LLC, a leading developer of password and network access authentication solutions through the use of smart card technology, today announced Power LogOn Administrator 5.3...

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...

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...