Tag Archives for security
How Bruce Schneier secures his laptop
On the heels of this recent story out of the UK about the government losing 25 million citizens’ personal data, IT security guru Bruce Schneier provides his tips on securing your laptop, especially critical for those us with client data … Continue reading
Twitter for accounting professionals?
Dennis wrote a post a few days ago about Twitter within “a business context” entitled “The pain of disruption”: I want to DO something with Twitter. The more I think about what Twitter might deliver, the more scary it becomes. … Continue reading
Vista not even out yet but still pirated
Microsoft’s upcoming operating system, the successor to XP, isn’t out yet but it has still managed to be cracked (in a sense). Vista will be out Jan. 30, 2007 to consumers, earlier for Microsoft’s preferred big business clients. With Windows … Continue reading
Auditor laptop stolen, confidential data included
The auditor for Hotels.com is Ernst & Young, and one of their staff working on the audit had their laptop stolen from their car, compromising the credit card data of approximately 243,000 customers. These things will happen, but what I … Continue reading