Think About Security as a Constant Effort – Not Project

Security and thus also Cybersecurity needs to be thought of in a different manner. Education about information security has to be put together well. We have to understand the whole environment and people need to follow what corporate recommends for security reasons.   Why?  because individuals should not create corporate blindspots either knowing or unknowing.  (image … Read more

Ransomware Vaccine – Can It Be Done?

There seem to be 2 classes of Ransomware that infect computers. (I say that in anticipation another class will come soon enough)…   (3/30/2016) — Update with 3rd class of ransomware(5)  ZDnet has the story First, one that encrypts your files and requires you to pay for you to get your files back (no guarantee … Read more

Don’t Trust And Verify

I know the gipper had the famous saying: But that is only for the soviet union arms control in the 1980’s. In the 1990’s and early 2000’s we have the following: “Trust but verify” and always back up your work. But I think it is not enough in the 2010’s specifically March 10th, 2016. Now … Read more

A Single Link Can Destroy Your Data

If you click on the wrong link  this is what can happen: But besides losing all your data if you have other peoples information on your computers now that data can be stolen and deleted or unable to be retrieved if it is encrypted. Ransomware is a scourge that is difficult to fix, if not … Read more