Collaborate Disseminate
I am working on an IOT device that sends data to the server after authenticating itself to the server. Is there a way to safely store my device’s credentials for logging onto the main server and sending data to it.
The IOT d… Continue reading Device security in IOT
I’m planning to run/have some quite sensitive data on a VPS, however, knowing well that the host could at any time access the data (rare but as long as it could happen in theory, I would very much like to have some sort of co… Continue reading Could it be possible to diminish the damage of having one’s VPS inspected by the host?
If an attacker has access to the USB-C port on my laptop which is in powered on but at the lock screen, what is the risk that they are able to carry out an evil maid attack? Say I’m in the room but distracted by conversation … Continue reading risk from USB-C port on locked laptop
Myself and the rest of my coworkers on my (former) employer’s dev team were all just laid off from our jobs, and the employer took our MacBook Pros without letting us clear of our personal information or log out from web serv… Continue reading How to Best Minimize Damage After Loss of Computer
I’m wondering if fingerprint scanning or relational scanning is more secure and also cost reductive, why should i use this instead of the old physical access locking?
Does anyone have experience on this subject?
I am writing policies that the company will follow and I am going through the HIPAA compliance check list as a guide. I am trying to make sense of this item though. To me a lot of these seem vague and or repeat a bit.
Ha… Continue reading HIPAA : Writing Policies and Process For Workstation Surroundings
Bruce Schneier Writes Down Passwords. So Can You
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But how should people deal with all of this in the real world, or on line? “Relax,” he says emphatically. Surprisingly for a security professional, he has a very easy-going … Continue reading Schneier is telling me to write my bank security password and keep it in my wallet? Is that right?
An old adage is that if an adversary physically accessed your system, you should consider it compromised. My question is, what if they could have, but you have no evidence they did?
For example, let us say that you were walk… Continue reading Should you consider a system compromised if someone could have physically accessed it, but you have no evidence they did?
Where I live, there is a keypad with numbers from 0 to 9 and two letters, A and B.
Using it I noticed that the code was checked on the last 5 things entered. If I were to try every code on the keypad, I simple answer would b… Continue reading What is the fastest way to brute force an hardware code
This is a follow-up question to this one: Roles to play when tailgaiting into a residential building
How do you protect yourself or your company against tailgaters? What is the best answer when you are asked by, let’s say th… Continue reading Defence methods against tailgating