Because many modern security systems rely on users’ personal information, also known as PII, or personally identifiable information, a data breach can potentially weaken your security posture not just in…
“Trust no one” is a saying embraced by everyone from punk rockers to “X-Files” fans to privacy advocates. But in the real world, life would come to a grinding halt…
If you’ve ever consulted with a computer security expert and they seemed a little paranoid, consider it a good thing – paranoia is an essential component to effective security. Conversely,…
Enterprises continue to be drawn to the cloud, where data and application management is outsourced to a third party in charge of hardware infrastructure. The cloud has matured to where…
In a perfect world, we would all learn about preventing hack attacks before they happen. But sometimes the hack happens first and the lessons come second. This is the tale…
When warning about the risks of website attacks like SQL injection and remote file inclusion, we often talk about how these breaches can reveal “sensitive data.” What kind of sensitive…
Preparing a defense against sophisticated, high-profile attacks is obviously a necessity in today’s cybersecurity landscape. But this doesn’t mean you can forget about the low-hanging fruit – the simpler, more…
Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, in which attackers make it impossible for network users to access information or services by flooding the network with requests that tie up its…
Did you know that more than 73 million web sites in the world run on the WordPress publishing platform? This makes WordPress more popular than Microsoft SharePoint, Blogger, or Drupal.…
Somehow technology seems to evolve at a rapid pace, even when the standards bodies that help define it do not. Consider that most of today’s websites are built on HTML4,…
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