The value of IDS/IPS visualization in Managed Services

Parents responsibility and security

Are parents being responsible for the security of their kids online? As a parent you must take responsibility for your kids actions online. The following video from Winn highlights this in a practical educational way:

Patch, Patch, Patch, Tuesday?

It is Tuesday? what is on the menu? Patches

In the world of security awareness metrics are sometimes important. One of these metrics comes from using the Microsoft operating system and having to patch it every tuesday.

The article to computer world brings in the numbers:
- 6 years of Patch Tuesdays,
- 400 security bulletins,
- 745 vulnerabilities

Patch Tuesday Article

Importance of Security Awareness at highest levels.

When Obama talks people listen, not only because he is a well versed speaker but also because he holds a post of the highest responsibility. So getting a message of security awareness at not only the individual, corporate, regional, state/province but country level raises the importance of the message it provides. Enjoy and take action

October is security awareness month!

October is security awareness month, so here is a top 10 presentation and movie trailer from Winn Security Awareness blog:

Background checks and human nature

Background checks are an important part of the security process. Background checks are used for:

- hiring new employees

- vetting employees for high risk positions

- providing security clearing for government organizations

- providing military clearance

However background checks are not performed by automated machines but rather by people. As mentioned many times before people are the weakest link in the security chain. Since people are not always good at discipline, consistency and process.

If we combine these commons flaws further with greed the mixture delivers an unreliable proposition for security. So in background check always "double check" . The following article and evolving story highlights the problems of background checks...

When I go to UVA Security Awareness

When I go to UVA is a short video on security awareness...