Who do I trust when dealing in Security? (definition of ‘trust’ from Google) First impressions count – remember what everyone says… But Wall Street Journal story “The Mistakes You Make In a Meeting’s First Milliseconds” has a communications coach saying that you should not always trust your first impressions. And there is a way to … Read more
It is a known fact that Risk management looks in the known facts department. As we try to evaluate what issue to focus on. Nowhere is this Security as last point of order more evident than in the Cryptocurrency markets being created with ICO’s (Initial Coin Offerings). You would think that when setting up an … Read more
Jan 9th was patch Tuesday: the day Microsoft designed to accumulate patches and release them on a regular basis with some kind of schedule. Otherwise patches would be released whenever problems are solved. So this would be good in some ways(why not resolve problems as soon as practical) but the problem is this release schedule … Read more
Cyber Criminals are developing new ways to attack and make money. Like all industries they want to make more money this year too. We have to learn to inoculate our computers so that we have as low a chance as possible to get infected. We have to find ways to make this goal of theirs … Read more
On Christmas day remember to do a full backup of your critical machines. (if you do not do it normally)