Cyber Authentication – Google Weak on Password Management Systems

by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 13, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Social Networking

When it comes to cyber authentication, the weakest link is the user. Cyber authentication is a hot topic in today’s world of Malware, Cyber Warfare, BYOD, Cloud Computing and Hackers. In a recent Google Password Management blog, “Google Password Management Tips...

Privacy is no Friend on Facebook

by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 10, 2012 | Cyber Security, Identity Theft, Social Networking

Mark Zuckerberg, Did you miss the class discussing “Privacy” at Harvard? As you fill your Facebook account with family. friend and new contacts, it is obvious that Privacy is not a word that Facebook cares about or understands. In some recent articles...

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: Employees Are Not Evil – They...

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...

Google may be doing Harm

by Dovell Bonnett | May 1, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Online Security, Social Networking

Google is gathering your personal and corporate data.  Google Inc. (GOOG) motto is, “do no harm.” But who defines what is harmful? Employees recently testified to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that they didn’t initially know that their...