Latest postings by Michael Seese
To encourage users to not write down passwords, one common piece of advice is to pick an easily remembered word or phrase and “swap ou ...more>>
Passwords.
Everyone’s got a few, or twenty, and we’ve all forgotten one from time to time. But passwords are more and mor ...more>>
Though they are not as exciting as the high-tech infosec toys--like firewalls and IPS--policies are an important component of your informati ...more>>
Policies are the guiding principles which establish management’s authority—and responsibility—to create a secure business ...more>>
Administrative controls are perhaps most important, because they most directly impact your people. On the one hand, they are the simpl ...more>>
If you'll recall from my last post, symmetric encryption is quick, but has challenges that arise from the complexity of the key exchange sys ...more>>
A good cryptosystem requries two components: the algorithm and the variable. The algorithm is a formula—a series of steps— ...more>>
Encryption is a technology that employs a level of math which, if explained in detail to the average person, would make his head explode.&nb ...more>>
In my previous post, I talked about two aspects of host hardening: removing unnecessary services and applications. Today, I'll discuss two m ...more>>
As I mentioned in a previous post, it is imperative your corporate smart guys maintain security of your servers by removing or disabling unn ...more>>
When reading this post, have in your mind an image of a real-world, bricks-and-mortar bank branch. The people who handle loan applicat ...more>>
An an intrusion prevention system, or IPS, improves upon the handcuffed an intrusion detection system (IDS) by responding to, and taking ste ...more>>
Assuming your organization has invested in sound firewalls, and hired the right guys to manage them, you can safely say you have good perime ...more>>
Firewalls really are amazing devices. And they are a corporate (and now personal) necessity. But firewalls can be defeated. ...more>>
