This afternoon I followed a webcast about the protection of your brand in the web 2.0 jungle. A fact is that the reputation of a brand built during years can be destroyed in only a few minutes! Think about that! Just to remind you, the “web 2.0” is the huge
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Side Effect of Swine Flu: Optimize Your Remote Access Solutions!
“Swine Flu”, what a hot topic! The disease continues to progress and infects more and more people every day. Medical experts estimate an exponential number of new cases due to the summer period: We travel more across countries for holidays and meet more people, increasing the risk to catch the
Monitoring: The Right Info at the Right Place
When I talk to customers about monitoring, they often have a vague idea about the way to implement a solution. Monitoring must be part of your security policy. Your tools (whatever the product you choose – no name here) must help you to stick to the CIA principle: Confidentiality (to
Stupid Email Disclaimers
This page about e-mail disclaimer is quite old but remains up to date. Today, all major companies attach disclaimers to their outgoing e-mails. Usually, nobody takes time to read them. You should! Some of them are really funny to not say stupid. Most of the time, disclaimers have a legal
New Corporate Laptop Setup
I got my new corporate laptop today, a Dell Latitude E6500, very nice computer. Working as a security consultant, I’m always on the road, connecting my laptop on customers or evil (free Wi-Fi access point or conference) networks . Fortunately, my company allows consultants, if they want, to manage their
Cc: Party or the Right Way to Use Email
I just received an official e-mail from a security appliance manufacturer. The message was an official communication about their products line. End of 2008 (almost 2009!), I’m really surprised how this communication was handled! First, a Word document was attached to the message. Why? Word documents may carry viruses or
2008 Top-Ten Strange Data Recoveries
Kroll onTrack is a well-know company which performs data recovery. Once a year, they publish the top-ten of strange cases they faced during the last twelve months. “Strange”… is the right word! ;-) Check out the 2008 chart: Kroll Ontrack Top Ten Data Mishaps and Recoveries. My favorite is the
“Fun At Work” Increases Costs and Reduce Security
No employee works at 100% of his full time! From time to time, we send a personal e-mail or surf the web to grab personal data. CNet News released an interesting article about the cost of “fun at work” for a company. Costs are not only due to employee no-rentability
Intrusive Browser Alert Advertisement
Some advertisers spammers have great ideas to send unsolicited messages to a targeted audience. Their goal is to convince the end-user to click on an advertisement. A new method seemed to appear on the web recently: They simulate a browser security warning! Often, users doesn’t even read the warning message
Bad Day for “The Planet”
The Planet is a hosting provider like many others in the US. End of May, a fire incident hit one of their Houston data center. A few numbers: 9000 servers down 7500 customers affected $900000 estimated loss Read the story: http://forums.theplanet.com/index.php?showtopic=90185