By now you’ve no doubt heard all about the new wireless network vulnerability known as KRACK. We’re inundated with media coverage of this protocol-level vulnerability that affects nearly all devices. The snappy logo and video of the vulnerability’s proof of concept are everywhere. So. Is this a critical emergency that you need to drop everything […]
Read More →An article by Kelly Sheridan on DARKReading today examines the current picture of information security outsourcing and functions that she says companies should and should not outsource. A quote from the article on security strategy and decision making: If you need help with architecture and design, Pironti advises consulting resources rather than outsourcing the entire […]
Read More →At some point in our driving careers, most of us take a defensive driving course. They’re generally not very complicated – a mix of classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel demonstrations, designed to illustrate some of the hazards of being out on the road and techniques for handling them. As a business owner, Information Security should be […]
Read More →How to protect yourself and your identity in the wake of the Equifax breach
Read More →News broke last week of a massive breach at Equifax, one of the big-three credit ratings agencies. Much of the commentary has focused on the company’s handling of the incident and the scale of the breach, an estimated 143 million people. You’re likely one of those 143 million affected, and the information breached is as […]
Read More →As promised… First, the background and hardware. The home network is pretty complicated, but the important components for this are: The NASNAS stands for Network Attached Storage. It’s a standalone box of hard drives, with over 8 TB of total storage for all the various things. It gets used for computer backups and so on, […]
Read More →I wrote this as part of my costume for Con this year. I frowned impatiently at the spinning compass. Sailing the trade routes of the South Pacific was boring work, rarely providing anything like the adventures I had always secretly craved, and I didn’t like the possibilities a broken compass was likely to offer. […]
Read More →It’s not the charging stand, it’s what this represents. Yesterday, I finished the 3D Printer Build project. It’s been running for over a week; it’s printed about 35 hours worth of stuff so far, ranging from tree frogs and Minions (from Despicable Me) to fan shroud mounts and other upgrade parts for itself. But yesterday I […]
Read More →I recently gave in to the temptation to purchase a 3D printer kit, and settled on the Maker’s Tool Works MendelMax 3 as the best combination of final build quality, upgrade capacity, and potential for fun building it. Not included in that list? High quality build documentation. Which, I suppose, could be considered part of the […]
Read More →I recently gave in to the temptation to purchase a 3D printer kit, and settled on the Maker’s Tool Works MendelMax 3 as the best combination of final build quality, upgrade capacity, and potential for fun building it. Not included in that list? High quality build documentation. Which, I suppose, could be considered part of the […]
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