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Jun 28, 2016
Gartner’s Crystal Ball: Its Top 10 Security Predictions
Network World posted Gartner's top 10 security predictions, along with some explanations and background material so it is worth reading
Read MoreJun 27, 2016
77% of Workers Use Social Media Regardless of Employer Policies
Employees are anarchists. You put policies in place – even have employees sign off on them in an employee handbook
Read MoreJun 23, 2016
What Do Mark Zuckerberg and FBI Director James Comey Have in Common?
According to a post from Naked Security, they both put tape over their laptop webcams. Paranoid? Not if they are
Read MoreJun 22, 2016
“Hack the Pentagon” Program Reveals 138 Security Flaws
Naked Security reported yesterday that the Department of Defense's pilot "Hack the Pentagon" bug bounty initiative was a success, with
Read MoreJun 21, 2016
Artificial Intelligence in Law Firms Begins to Swell
Back in May, I mentioned that ROSS Intelligence, based on IBM's Watson platform, had announced that Baker & Hostetler had
Read MoreJun 20, 2016
Panama Papers Leak: IT Employee Detained in Switzerland
This story just keeps getting more and more complex. After chuckling over the fact that even shredded papers were seized
Read MoreJun 16, 2016
Lawyer Phishing E-Mails Reference a Bar Complaint Against You
The Minnesota Lawyers Mutual insurance company recently issued an alert about a lawyer phishing scam in which lawyers received fraudulent
Read MoreJun 15, 2016
Russian Government Hackers Breach Democratic National Committee Network
The Washington Post reported yesterday that Russian government hackers had penetrated the network of the Democratic National Committee and gained
Read MoreJun 14, 2016
Ten TED Talks on Security: Don’t Miss Them!
With yet another hat tip to the indefatigable Dave Ries, CSO Online has published a list of ten TED security
Read MoreJun 13, 2016
Do You Have a Dusty Old Back Office Server Controlled by the Chinese?
While that may seem an improbable question, The New York Times has reported that this is precisely what happened to
Read MoreJun 09, 2016
University of Calgary Pays $15,600 in Ransomware Attack to Retrieve its Data
The price of getting the decryption key once your data has been encrypted by ransomware appears to be rising. According
Read MoreJun 08, 2016
Are Lawyers “Getting” Cybersecurity?
This is a question I am asked frequently. As one reporter put it, "It seems like lawyers were scared straight
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