Giant Hole in Government’s Cybersecurity Strategy

by Dovell Bonnett | Mar 21, 2017 | Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Government regulations, Multifactor Authentication,, Power LogOn

The government is never going to fix its cybersecurity problem until it fixes its procurement problem! Shockingly, there are no NAICS, SIC or SIN CODES for cybersecurity products on the GSA Schedule. As a California Certified Small Business owner who offers...

Biometrics Are Less Secure Than Passwords

by Dovell Bonnett | Sep 25, 2015 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Identity Theft

Biometrics give a false sense of security. On Sept 23, 2015, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revised the number of stolen fingerprint files to 5.6 million! Why should you care? Some security pundits believe that biometrics are far more secure than passwords. They...

ACCESS SMART® AWARDED GSA SCHEDULE CONTRACT

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 3, 2014 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Government regulations, Industry News, Logical Access Control (LAC), Multifactor Authentication,, Network Access Control (NAC), Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn, Press Releases, Smartcards

GSA Schedule Contract Awarded  to Access Smart® to purchase of multifactor cybersecurity IT products. Ladera Ranch, CA – June 2, 2014 – Access Smart, LLC, a leading supplier of logical access control solutions (LACS), wins a General Service Administration (GSA)...

Christmas Cyber Attack – Who’s to Blame?

by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 11, 2014 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Network Access Control (NAC)

A cyber attack Scrooged Christmas. Treat security as a process – not as a product!  In reading articles about the resent Christmas cyber attacks, the authors’ key take away is that global companies are extremely vulnerable to cyber-attacks and data losses.  Guess...

ZeroAccess botnet disrupted

by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 8, 2013 | Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Online Security

By Microsoft, the FBI, Europol and industry partners. It’s about Time! In the past I have written many blogs about how software companies and OS developers need to start taking security more seriously.  While Microsoft has been a focus of mine, it seems that...

Are your customers asking you for a Logical Access Solution?

by Dovell Bonnett | Apr 24, 2013 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Physical Access Control (PAC)

Looking for a Logical Access Partner to handle all the IT concerns? We had a great presence at the ISC West 2013 conference in Las Vegas.  One recurring theme we heard from ID resellers was their desire to offer their existing customers a value add, card based,...