by Dovell Bonnett | May 2, 2012 | Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn, Smartcards
Access Smart Announces a New Password Manager for Windows Reseller in Africa Access Smart® is pleased to announce a new Power LogOn – Password Manager for Windows – reseller in Africa. Pure Access IT, LTD, located in Abuja, Nigeria, is adding password...
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...
by Dovell Bonnett | Apr 23, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn
Network Access Authentication using a Magnetic Stripe Card Access Smart®, LLC expands our network access authentication product line for data security. Power LogOn for MagStripe allows any issued magnetic stripe card to be used to log onto a computer and network....
by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 22, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Password Authentication
On December 21, 2011 the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. Chamber of Commerce was hacked. Many of the major media outlets are all re-publishing the report. But, if you look at the fine print you will discover that the attack occurred back in November 2009 and...
by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 20, 2011 | Cloud Security, Data Theft Prevention, Multifactor Authentication,, Power LogOn
This week the press is all agog about how Windows 8 is going to “securely” manage passwords. Win 8 will do this with LiveID, syncing passwords across multiple computer platforms, using “TrustedID” to authenticate the computer, and storing all your long complex...
by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 30, 2011 | Cyber Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication, Power LogOn
Why rebadge when you can extend functions? The convergence of physical and logical access on an employee ID badge has been a much discussed topic over the past 10 years. I know, I have been one of its major champions. However, the one stumbling block that has stopped...
by Dovell Bonnett | Oct 12, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Online Security, Password Authentication
To businesses of all sizes the cloud is the rage. Companies are moving to the cloud for cost savings, convenience for their road warriors, data backup, new applications and a host of other business reasons. What one rarely hears is that companies are moving to the...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 29, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Online Security, Password Authentication
It is impossible to understate the importance of having and using strong, secure online passwords, both personally and for companies. As tools like Firesheep have shown, gaining access to an email or Facebook account can be alarmingly simple. One of the primary...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 15, 2011 | Online Security
Email flyers and advertisements largely replaced paper flyers, just as online news blogs and sites are largely replacing traditional newspapers. However, email marketing is becoming less effective each passing day because people are so bombarded with spam in their...
by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 27, 2011 | Password Authentication
Password manager security technologies are available today, use them. We all have been told by IT that we must have complex passwords, they must have a minimum of eight characters, don’t use the same password for other sites, and then change your password again...