Security awareness messages must target the right persons. But they need to target them using the right words! Be sure to adapt your messages to keep them understandable by all your audience.
CERT-in-a-Box
Computer Emergency Response Teams (or “CERTs”) are organizations that handle security incidents related to computers and networks. A CERT can be deployed to support private networks (example: in a multi-national company or an organization like NATO which operates its NCIRC) or organized by federal authorities in regions or countries. CERTs
Sea, Sun, Holidays and… Logs
I’m writing this post in my garden, 22:15 still 23°. Yes, it’s summer time! Soon, a lot of admins and security professionals will leave their office to go to the beach. Here are some tips for enjoying a safe comeback: 1. If you configure an auto-responder (classic behavior in big
Add Custom Search Engines with the Google API
The Google toolbar is a powerful add-on for your browser. It adds very nice features (of course, to be used sparingly if you don’t want Google to know everything about you). There is also an API which offers extra features for webmasters such as creating custom buttons. Here is a
Example of Security Awareness
This picture has been taken in an industrial environment but could fully match in IT security too! For those who don’t speak French nor Dutch, it says: “Your principal safety responsible is in front of you“. Stickers are placed on mirrors in the toilets. Let’s imagine the same security awareness
0wn3d by A Google Car!
I was driving into Brussels this afternoon and saw two Google cars. The second one stopped just in front of me at a traffic light. The cameras were recording (I saw some activity on the LEDs on top of the cams). I wrote down the place and time. Let’s see
Monitoring is (Also) a Process!
A well-know Bruce Schneier’s citation is “Security is a process, not a product“. Monitoring your infrastructure is fully part of your security policy. You don’t have only to deploy security blocks (applications, servers, appliances, …) to build your security perimeter(s), you also need to take care of them via monitoring
BruCON Volunteers Meeting
Back from the latest BruCON volunteers meeting! Meetings will be held every two weeks until the event. There is so much things to do but it’s so exciting. It promises to be a great event! Don’t forget to register (still six days of early birds ticket price) We are also
iPhone Tethering Howto
In the long list of new features brought by the new iPhone firmware 3.0 comes “tethering” in my personal top-ten! What’s this? Tethering means a way to connect to the Internet from a device (usually a laptop computer using a mobile device as modem/router. More info are available on Wikipedia.
Dear Google, I Have a Message For You!
Dear Google, some messages for you! Same story has the one of teenager who made a giant penis on the roof of his parents’ house, but this time on a car. I took the picture in a parking not far from Brussels, Belgium. The message is clear 😉