Protecting Your Email

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You might occasionally think about email security. You might try use use strong passwords and be careful with attachments. There may be a lot more however that you haven’t thought about when it comes to email security and protecting your messages. Learn why protecting your email is about more than just the content of your messages or a password…

Turn Off JavaScript in Adobe Acrobat

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Adobe Acrobat Reader installs by default with a fairly significant security flaw enabled. Acrobat has the ability to incorporate JavaScript into a document. It’s not uncommon for this feature to go unused and unknown, however it’s enabled by default. As a result, a script, any script, can be executed on your computer…

How To Apologize

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There is an art to delivering a sincere and effective apology. Whether the issue is related to a security breach, customer service, management, or personal relationships, a true apology can go a long way towards recovering from what might be an otherwise destroyed relationship. I think it’s safe to say most of us have experienced poor customer service interactions or less than sincere “scripted” responses to problems. Failure to take responsibility and address concerns in a professional, consistent, and honest manner is the fastest way to lose business, customers, and friends…

Google Attacked, Reviewing Business in China

Found this via Matt Cutts’ blog. This is a big deal: 1/12/2010 03:00:00 PM Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property [...]

Possible Fix for SSL/TLS Vulnerability

According to a recent article by Dan Goodin in the Register, engineers have apparently signed off on a fix for the TLS renegotiaion vulnerabilty. Read on to learn what the problem is, and what the proposed solution involves. What’s The TLS Vulnerability Issue? In 2009 there was a bit of discussion around a fundamental flaw [...]

What’s In Your Wallet?

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Recently my wife thought she had lost the wallet from her purse. There were only a handful of possibilities as to what happened, and of course I started thinking about identity theft and stolen credit card numbers. To help yourself out, there are several proactive things you can do to protect yourself, minimize risk, and [...]