Merry Christmas Happy Holidays
On this Christmas Eve 2016 – Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Remember to do some backups this weekend – I like to do full backups on major holidays.
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2017 Security Improvement Plans
How do we usher in 2017 by improving our situation? Of course one way we could do that is to be in continuous improvement mode instead of thinking about this every year. But YEAR END — NEW YEAR is a good time to make assessments and plans. In making plans we have to keep in … Read more
Cyberjoke Friday v1.97 quotes edition
Here are some great quotes that should keep you thinking about How much security is needed. These quotes are from Nativeintelligence.com: Security is always excessive until it’s not enough. — Robbie Sinclair, Head of Security, Country Energy, NSW Australia Here is a long one: Those of us in security are very much like heart doctors — cardiologists. … Read more
Is it a Trick if Pushed to do Right Thing?
Ho do we convince people that don’t know enough to make an educated decision? If we trick them into making the right decision is that ok? Cybersecurity is not obvious to the regular person (or the minimal IT educated CxO). What do the three pictures above have in common? Anonymous, local hacker, and criminal hacker … Read more
Year End Analysis: Psychology of Security Challenges
Increasing Cyber Security awareness and what it entails is more difficult than it seems. As in Bruce Schneier’s “The Psychology of Security“: And my older posts: 8/22/2014 ‘Psychology of Security’ 4/1/2015 ‘How much should I spend on Cybersecurity?’ Recently I have focused on Risk management for businesses, due to the nature of Cybersecurity and how … Read more