The Biggest Threat Facing Your Data in 2018 Posted on January 24, 2018 by Tim Burke The intangibility of cloud storage makes it easy to leave the proverbial front door unlocked. This is exactly what happened when a developer at Uber inadvertently included the startup’s Amazon Web Services login credentials in code shared to the open source site GitHub – exposing the private data of 50 million of the platform’s customers. Continue reading →
2017 Was the Most Expensive Disaster Year Ever Posted on January 22, 2018 by Tim Burke 2017 hit cities across our country with some of the most extreme – and expensive – natural disasters ever seen. There were at least 15 weather events this year costing at least a billion dollars each. Yes, we said Billion with a B. Continue reading →
The Dangers Confronting Data in Motion Posted on October 23, 2012 by Tim Burke Last time, I looked at some of the security issues related to employee mobility, which focused mainly on devices like smartphones and tablets and how people use them. But smartphones and tablets aren’t the only mobile devices business leaders need to worry about. Consider: USB malware is gaining momentum — so flash drives and other USB-connected devices can become malware vectors. Hackable RFID and radio frequency channels create voicemail vulnerabilities and enable call interception. RAM scraping exploits moments when sensitive encrypted data is unencrypted in browsers, smartphones, point-of-sale system memory, etc. Continue reading →
