You are sick of remembering hundreds of passwords and changing them every few months. Passkeys may be the user-friendly solution that finally replaces passwords.
The use of password managers is gaining traction as people realise the intractability of storing unique long passwords in memory. There are some challenges related to password managers that you…
Google is leading the push to an encrypted and more secure internet. The Chrome browser’s security team is changing the way Google Chrome handles web pages, with Firefox playing catchup.…
26 February 2017
26 February 2017
Security
browser, chrome, cybersecurity, firefox, http, https, internet, internet explorer, security
My blog has been slightly inactive on account of my travels. Here is a little Christmas gift. This article contains points that I have distilled from a presentation that I…
21 December 2016
21 December 2016
Security
backup, browsing, cybersecurity, password, patch, security, update
The Gartner magic quadrant is ubiquitous at security sales presentations. Being featured in the quadrant, the leaders quadrant in particular, is a part of the vendor pitch and the recognition…
09 November 2016
09 November 2016
Decision making, Information & Communication
cybersecurity, gartner, magic quadrant, security
Glenn Greenwald is the reporter who, along with Laura Poitras, broke Edward Snowden’s leaks about the NSA’s mass-surveillance program in 2013. In “No place to hide” Greenwald tells the story…
19 October 2016
19 October 2016
Privacy
cybersecurity, government, greenwald, insider, nsa, security, snowden, state, surveillance
‘Ghost in the wires’ is the autobiography of Kevin Mitnick, the “world’s most wanted hacker”. The book came out in 2011. Mitnick now claims to be reformed and has his…
05 October 2016
05 October 2016
Security
book, criminal, cybersecurity, hacker, hacking, mitnick, security, social engineering
When talking security with individuals one often observes a distinction in language that completely changes the meaning of the topic: people talk about wanting to feel secure, which is a very different…
“The only secure computer is one that’s unplugged, locked in a safe, and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location… and I’m not even too sure about…
You may have heard recently that Whatsapp’s privacy policy has changed ‘for the worse’ and that it is now sharing user account information with Facebook. What’s that all about and…
30 August 2016
30 August 2016
Information & Communication, Privacy
cybersecurity, messaging, privacy, security, whatsapp