Keep Your Enemies Close, but Your Friends Closer

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 16, 2012 | Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Industrial Espionage, Power LogOn

Our government seems to have problems securing both our physical and virtual boarders. It seems that when it comes to cyber security all the old paradigms have turned upside down. In the recent article “Indian Intelligence Have U.S. Government Passwords, Hacker...

2012 – The Year of Cyber Espionage?

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 9, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

Lucian Constantin’s recent article “Expect more cyber-espionage, sophisticated malware in ’12, experts say” states that cyber-attacks in 2012 will increase with more sophisticated malware. Certainly companies like MicroTrend, Symantec and...

Chinese Computer Hacking of Chamber of Commerce has Already Hurt Your Business

by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 22, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Password Authentication

On December 21, 2011 the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. Chamber of Commerce was hacked. Many of the major media outlets are all re-publishing the report. But, if you look at the fine print you will discover that the attack occurred back in November 2009 and...

Don’t Wait for Windows 8 to Secure Your Passwords

by Dovell Bonnett | Dec 20, 2011 | Cloud Security, Data Theft Prevention, Multifactor Authentication,, Power LogOn

This week the press is all agog about how Windows 8 is going to “securely” manage passwords. Win 8 will do this with LiveID, syncing passwords across multiple computer platforms, using “TrustedID” to authenticate the computer, and storing all...

Yet ANOTHER Avoidable Security Breach At UCLA

by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 16, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft

UCLA recently agreed to pay a penalty of $865,000 for a series of HIPPA violations and now they are forced to reveal that the theft of an external hard drive from a former employee’s home has created the fears of yet another security breach. Plus, UCLA is...

Power LogOn Works With DameWare

by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 1, 2011 | Power LogOn

Power LogOn® Authenticates User into DameWare™ Access Smart® Announces the Interoperability of their Power LogOn Password Manager with DameWare Development’s Mini Remote Control (DMRC) product.In the age of mobile communications IT professionals...

Microsoft®’s Forefront Review

by Dovell Bonnett | Oct 21, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention

Microsoft®’s Forefront  Needs More Than Identity Management for Cyber Attack Prevention Microsoft ‘s Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 provides IT with the tools needed for  identity and access management through a SharePoint-based policy...

Rumors of Password Death Are Greatly Exaggerated

by Dovell Bonnett | Sep 12, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Online Security, Password Authentication

McAfee recently revealed that 72 different organizations around the world have been victims of cyber-spying. With attacks likely to increase, it is important to note that strengthening your access controls ensures that you have a higher level of security for all those...

Passwords are More Secure than Biometrics for Network Security

by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 8, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Online Security

A Hewlett-Packard’s white paper “HP ProtectTools: Authentication technologies and suitability to task“, 06/2005, does a very good job discussing the different security technologies available (Passwords, Trusted Platform Module, smartcard USB token,...