Identity theft protection tips for students
College students are especially attractive targets for identity thieves because they have unblemished credit records, making it easier for thieves to take out loans in their …
Disaster preparedness tips for computers
ISACA offers tips to the public and businesses to protect their computers, information and systems during a natural disaster. “Ensuring personal and employee safety is …
CSA releases Cloud Controls Matrix 1.2
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) launched revision 1.2 of the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), available for free here. The CCM is designed to provide fundamental security …
Facebook revamps its Privacy Settings
Facebook’s Privacy Settings have long been a thorn in privacy advocates’ side. They deemed it to complex for a typical user to understand, and have often decried …
Five mistakes companies make in their cloud strategies
When a company doesn’t fully define what the cloud can do for it, it leads to a less-than-optimized strategy that under serves the organization. To help IT pros avoid …
The Basics of Information Security
As part of the Syngress Basics series, The Basics of Information Security will provide the reader with fundamental knowledge of information security in both theoretical and …
Digital forensics: The inside story
Jelle Niemantsverdriet is the Principal Consultant, Forensics and Investigative Response EMEA, Verizon Business Security Solutions. In this interview he introduces the reader …
Strategies for effective data analytics
Organizations with effective data analytics can make stronger business decisions by learning what is working and what is not, what they are doing well, and where they need …
Penetration Tester’s Open Source Toolkit
Great commercial penetration testing tools can be very expensive and sometimes hard to use or of questionable accuracy. This book helps solve both of these problems. The open …
Tips for promoting good online behavior
The explosion of mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers has raised a new concern for parents as they pack their children off to school for the New Year: …
Thor’s Microsoft Security Bible
Thor’s Microsoft Security Bible provides a “one-stop-shop” for Microsoft-related security techniques and procedures as applied to the typical deployment of a …
“Assume you are compromised,” say top security officers
RSA released a new report that takes an in-depth look at the seismic shift in the cyber threat landscape, as enterprises are increasingly targeted for corporate espionage and …