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At some point in your career, you will make mistakes—small mistakes, big mistakes, even career-defining mistakes. I am writing this in retrospect because during the course of my job duties, I recently made a mistake. The details are irrelevant, but I wanted to share my experience with making mistakes in the professional world. Mistakes and […]… Read More
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At some point in your career, you will make mistakes—small mistakes, big mistakes, even career-defining mistakes. I am writing this in retrospect because during the course of my job duties, I recently made a mistake. The details are irrelevant, but I wanted to share my experience with making mistakes in the professional world. Mistakes and […]… Read More
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Funny how kids have an affinity for toys we enjoyed as kids. Like Legos. They will spend hours creating the biggest “thing”, often leading to a parent’s near universal response, “Johnny! That is the biggest tower I have ever seen! Great job!” Children (and we) love Legos because they foster imagination, offering a limitless way […]… Read More
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There are a variety of ways a company can experience cyber incidents, ranging from a distributed denial of service network attack to internal information theft. The first response is usually to enlist incident response professionals to resolve the issue as quickly and efficiently as possible. However, there are several factors companies should consider in determining […]… Read More
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It’s now evident there are many more hacker intrusions during which security experts struggle to repel attackers and resolve damage than we first thought. The growing trends of sabotage, extortion, and disruption of both individual users and critical services have raised concerns about cybersecurity worldwide. Cybersecurity Threats Are a Leading Cause of Concern Computer security […]… Read More
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Almost everything you read or hear about routers includes a sentence or two about router security. The focus is generally on this essential piece of hardware as the first line of defense in an internet-connected world. Many medium-sized companies and large corporations take this into account when they purchase and set up their network infrastructure. […]… Read More
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Businesses have always struggled with the idea of business security. Are you doing enough to protect your company, clients, and employees? Is there really such a thing as too much security? Technology is constantly changing, and as such, so are the threats many businesses face. Everywhere you turn, some security company is trying to point […]… Read More
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On March 1, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo!’s Chief Executive Office, gave up millions of dollars. As she noted in a blog post on Tumblr, “I am the CEO of the company [Yahoo!] and since this incident happened during my tenure, I have agreed to forgo my annual bonus and my annual equity grant.” All in, Mayer gave up […]… Read More
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Over the weekend, I became immersed in a discussion on Twitter centered around getting more people involved in InfoSec conferences. Here’s the original post by @hacks4pancakes: Lesley’s initial point led to many great responses relating to the value of attending conferences and the process of communicating that value to the powers that be within your […]… Read More
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I was lucky enough to be at the event at which Sean McBride initially spoke about potatoes. Who doesn’t love a good potato? It was actually a succinct outline of a process in agriculture that takes place every day, outlining pinch points of a potato harvester that could illicit physical harm to the workers performing […]… Read More
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