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National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Themes Announced

Weekly themes for the annual event have been announced… An article review. October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the weekly themes for this year’s event have been released: Oct. 1­–5: Make Your Home a Haven for Online Safety Oct. 8–12: Million...
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Alert Fatigue: A Problem With Few Easy Solutions

Getting a message to the user is one thing, having them see it is another… An article review. In IT we often focus on identifying and communicating risk: to our users, to our superiors and to others in the field. Over the years, we’ve even developed new tools ...
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Temporary Passwords: A Potential Weak Link

Some small organizations continue to use customer data to generate initial passwords, despite the risks. An article review. When rolling out a new online banking platform organizations are often faced with the task of issuing new usernames and passwords to existing users,...
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WPA2 Vulnerable To Attack

While Many Devices Have Already Been Patched, Many More May Never Be… An article review. When does exploit news cross the line into being a trend? How about when it impacts essentially every single wi-fi enabled device? That’s the takeaway from the recently an...
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Former NIST Official Regrets Issuing Password Guidance

Bill Burr admits security advice actually created more vulnerable passwords. An article review. If you’ve ever angrily questioned some seemingly arbitrary rule when creating a new password, there is some vindication for you: the former government official whose passw...
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Canaries in a Coal Mine

Recognizing early signs of trouble can save you from big issues later. A Jolley|Hadaway Article Maybe you’ve already seen some of the signs yourself. Your mouse cursor may move on its own, when you’re not touching it. Or you get notifications for a delivery, bu...
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The Advantages of Being Small

Questionable social media campaign passed through layers of management unquestioned An article review. Sometimes it can seem like being one of the big guys makes security easy–finding a second set of eyes to look at a problem is never a problem, and of course the gen...
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The American Monkey Trap

Using technology in the new standard. Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Dan wrote a sequel to this article! You can find it here: Banana Trap Too. The Monkey Trap story may not be new to you.  I first enc...
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The Sidebar!

The Sidebar, the Side of the Road, and the Road Rules! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Note from Legal Risk Assessment! Dan has already revised these rules twice.  They are still evolving and still not ...
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The Thing About Speed Bumps

. . . they’re not required . . . But they do have a place! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . There is a myth out there that speed bumps are required for all weblinking relationships.  This is simpl...
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