Archive for October, 2009

Internet Safety in the Digital Age

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Let me introduce a very special guest blogger, Mr. Paul Shirey. Paul is a young man (13 years old) who definitely has a handle on what this Internet thing is all about. In fact, given that people of his generation have this kind of savvy, I think there’s hope that the Internet will evolve from [...]

Make a USB Thumb Drive Laptop Theft Alarm

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Picture this: Someone tries to steal your laptop off your desk and as soon as they pull the plug from the wall, your latpop emits a screaming siren that won’t quit until your password is entered to unlock the laptop and disable the alarm.There’s another scenario: You take one of your old USB thumb drives [...]

Prevent Online Banking Fraud with a ROBAM

Friday, October 16th, 2009

What’s a ROBAM? you ask. Check out this post: Protecting Your Business from Online Banking Fraud. SANS says, “The number one recommended mitigation [to online banking fraud caused by infostealer infections] is to use a read-only bootable alternative media (ROBAM) as an isolated environment for financial transactions.” You can use a USB thumb drive instead [...]