Awareness Messages

Understanding Patch Management

It’s like a recall on your car… A Jolley | Hadaway Article. If you like to stay current on technology news, you’ve probably found it hard to ignore the recent stories about a major security problem with Intel processors, and the rush from software and hardware...

FERPA Does Not Require…*

Notification is not explicitly required following a breach, but… Recently we published a short piece on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and how it factors in to your incident response program. While we were working on that piece, though, we came...

infotex Reorganizes its Vigilize Post Category

In order to facilitate awareness messaging in email and social media, infotex is returning to the original meaning of their word, “Vigilize.” Articles posted at my.infotex.com/copy-n-paste are meant for you to use in your awareness campaigns free of charge. Just copy them, p...

Why you should ALWAYS use strong passwords!

We can’t predict where the bad guys will strike next . . . Or how they can use technology to hurt us! A Vigilize Post! Sometimes you might think, “well . . . okay, I buy in this strong password thing, but I am not going to use strong passwords in all my appl...

The Anatomy of a CAT Attack

In order to understand the power of the three layers of security required by the June 2011 Supplement to the FFIEC’s 2005 Guidance on Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment, it is helpful to understand just how a corporate account takeover (CAT) attack works. Nowa...

Strong Passwords

What is a strong password? When designing a password, we need to keep three things in mind: First and foremost, if we use paper to write alternative passwords down, BE SURE to shred that paper, no matter how little it is! Second: let’s remember that our goal i...

Security Takes Cooperation!

Security Takes Cooperation! We’ve all had to deal with that one employee who just can’t cooperate with anybody. But even the best of us need to be reminded that cooperation is one of the most important elements of any team, not to mention a team trying to prote...

Are You a Security Blanket?

How often do you get a phone call from a customer needing information on his/her checking or savings account, loan, or other banking product? I’m sure you can probably answer that with “often enough.” So, how do your employees handle that phone call from ...

What’s in YOUR Trash Can?

We have had a great response concerning our security awareness “poster” concerning strong passwords! We thank you for that. In fact, we have had several requests for additional ones from several people. I hope to get posters created for all your awareness conc...

Are You the Weakest Link?

I just got off the phone with Dan after he spent the last couple of days at the Indiana Bankers Association’s IT Security Conference. He said it went great! Lots of good information and wonderful speakers. Long story short: I’m a multi-tasker. So, while discu...

Awareness Messages

Understanding Patch Management

FERPA Does Not Require…*

infotex Reorganizes its Vigilize Post Category

Why you should ALWAYS use strong passwords!

The Anatomy of a CAT Attack

Strong Passwords

Security Takes Cooperation!

Are You a Security Blanket?

What’s in YOUR Trash Can?

Are You the Weakest Link?

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