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A Lesson Plan For The Department Of Education
Another week, another preventable exposure of citizen data at a government agency. Last week's spillage in the spotlight came courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education. A glitch in a new software program created a situation where the wrong client data was being shown to people trying to update their student loan accounts. After a number of complaints, the ED shut down the affected Web pages. Then, apparen
Get Used To It: Mousy Hair, Chapped Lips, And Boredom En Route
Looks like I got back from Black Hat just in time. Less than a week after my JetBlue flight touched down at JFK, all hell broke loose at the airports, forcing passengers to dump such cherished items as hair gel, ChapStick, and even books. Books? Living in New York, one doesn't need much of a reminder that we live in a dangerous world. This summer must have set some sort of record for
Banned On Board: The Ripple Effect Of High-Tech Travel Restrictions
Last week's foiled airline bomb plot, and the subsequent fallout for business travelers--here and abroad--got me to thinking that necessity isn't just the mother of invention, it's also a driver of change, and sometimes, the spark needed to ignite struggling markets and launch new trends.
Blinded By The Glare Of Facial Piercings At Black Hat (Or, The One That Got Away)
As I made my way up the long escalator from the ground floor of Caesar's Palace on the first day of Black Hat, I continued to wrestle with my agenda for the next few hours. I'd already made the tough decision to catch Ofir Arkin's promising NAC attack session rather than sit in on either of my second two choices:
Keeping Our Private Info Private In An Online World
There were a couple of incidents this week that made me stop and think about my own personal data--and who has it. But more important than any musings about what information about me--my address or financial records or personnel records from various jobs--is stored out there is who could get their hands on it.
And it seems the answer to that question is, apparently, absolutely anyone.
Do You Know Where Your Laptops Are?
I got an urgent e-mail from IT yesterday about a company-owned laptop I never returned upon getting a new one. It's not the first time those guys have asked, but the old laptop got stuck in a box during a move and I forgot about it. It was on its last legs back then. Heck, it's probably got a 486 chip. What's the rush?
Black Hat: How's Your Security Crystal Ball Looking?
Perhaps the best reason to attend Black Hat is the opportunity to see what's on the horizon when it comes to security. It's human nature to want to know things your colleagues don't. It gives people a reason to listen to you and helps you sound smart. In the spirit of water-cooler chat dominance, here are three security issues I observed at Black Hat that probably won't send your security staff scurrying for answers tomorrow, but will sooner rather than later have a significant impact on the sec
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The 10 Most Impactful Types of Vulnerabilities for Enterprises TodayManaging system vulnerabilities is one of the old est - and most frustrating - security challenges that enterprise defenders face. Every software application and hardware device ships with intrinsic flaws - flaws that, if critical enough, attackers can exploit from anywhere in the world. It's crucial that defenders take stock of what areas of the tech stack have the most emerging, and critical, vulnerabilities they must manage. It's not just zero day vulnerabilities. Consider that CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog lists vulnerabilitlies in widely used applications that are "actively exploited," and most of them are flaws that were discovered several years ago and have been fixed. There are also emerging vulnerabilities in 5G networks, cloud infrastructure, Edge applications, and firmwares to consider.
Incident Readiness and Building Response Playbook
In this special report, learn the Xs and Os of any good security incident readiness and response playbook.
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