Company’s Identity Theft Worries Elevate to Cyber Crime

by Dovell Bonnett | Jul 19, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Online Security

Cyber Crime Protection – Evaluate and Segment Data It only seemed like yesterday that when business owners were asked about network security their focus was on identity theft protection and/or compliance with the different state and federal privacy laws. Those...

DNSChanger Trojan Faced Down by FBI

by Dovell Bonnett | Jul 6, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Identity Theft, Online Security

Unfortunately,an estimated 45,600 users will not be able to connect to the internet This coming Monday morning may be unusually  tough for many Internet users and businesses. A nasty malware called  DNSChanger Trojan that infected computers and servers internationally...

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 for mid-sized...

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 online...

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 an average breach...

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...