Have a happy 4th of July Weekend

  Happy 4th of July weekend!!! In Greece on the first of every month we say Kalo Mina = have a good month. Since this is the first day of the 3rd quarter and before a long weekend..   In cybersecurity the hackers do not sleep and in fact holiday weekends are looked at for … Read more

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