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- 10 Wi-Fi security tips for road warriors
- Wi-Fi security is a popular topic these days, and the "best approach" is being vigorously debated on many forums, including TechRepublic's. One fact I discerned from reading the various forum posts is that there are many opinions as to what's required to securely associate with unknown and possibly hostile Wi-Fi...
- Tags: VPN, Notebook, Network, Wi-Fi Network, Road, Wi-Fi Security, IronKey, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Security, Michael Kassner
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- IronKey flash drive "self-destructs" on too many failed password attempts
- Remember a month ago when I wrote about the SanDisk flash drive that comes with on-board hardware encryption in "SanDisk launches Cruzer family of USB flash drives with hardware encryption"? Well, looks like IronKey has gone one-up on that. Not only does the IronKey employ military-grade...
- Tags: Password, USB Flash Drive, Hardware, Encryption, IronKey, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-07-28
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- Secure your data on the go
- Last week, Brian Smith wrote about the advantages of using the BackStopp solution to prevent data theft. With its ability to make data self-destruct, BackStopp addresses a very real concern; even if data is encrypted, advances in crypto-analysis or processing speed could eventually yield the contents of any encrypted volume....
- Tags: Password, Mobile, USB Flash Drive, Hardware, Encryption, Authentication, IronKey USB Flash Drive, Cryptochip, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- IronKey flash drive "self-destructs" on too many failed password attempts
- How do you currently protect the files on your personal flash drive?
- Tags: paulmah@..., USB flash drive
- Discussion threads 2007-07-29
- IronKey: Simple, safe, and secure surfing over Wi-Fi
- Fellow TechRepublic writer Paul Mah has written a great post, "Secure your data on the go", that explains why the IronKey USB flash drive is a very secure data storage device with virtually foolproof encryption and password-protected access. I would like to discuss another equally interesting feature of IronKey that...
- Tags: Web, Network, Road, IP, Server, IP Address, Wi-Fi, Web Browser, IronKey USB Flash Drive, Networking, VPNs, Wireless LANs, Network Security, Telecommunications, Security, Wireless, Michael Kassner
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- Phishing sites rising exponentially: New browsers anti-phishing features found wanting
- New "blacklisting" features incorporated in the latest Firefox 2.0 and IE 7.0 browsers are failing to curb the rise of phishing. The anti-phishing features are failing in the face of new phishing domains being registered by criminals as a workaround to the blacklists. ...
- Tags: Web Browser, Phishing Web Site, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- Seagate announces the world's first encrypting 3.5 inch drive
- Shortly after releasing the world's first notebook hard disk with built-in hardware encryption, Seagate announced the Barracuda FDE full disc encryption series of hard disk for desktop use. Weighing in at up to 1 terabyte TB, this 7,200-rpm series of disk is certainly no pushover. ...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Hardware, Encryption, Seagate Technology LLC, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- Wi-Fi security for road warriors: On-line banking
- TechRepublic members are asking some excellent questions on how to ensure secure Wi-Fi connections while traveling. As an occasional road warrior, I have garnered a great deal of respect for the serious road warriors and their ingenuity, committing their hard-earned advice to memory. In appreciation, I'd like to return the...
- Tags: Bank, Web Server, Tunnel, Banking, Server, Wi-Fi, SSL, Web Browser, Wi-Fi Security, Option, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Network Security, Security, Networking, Michael Kassner
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Wi-Fi security for the road warrior; revisited
- I recently penned a "10 thing" post called "10 Wi-Fi security tips for the road warrior" and TechRepublic member DonnaKline responded with an excellent observation: "The point of varying the level of security required by location might have been stressed more, especially for those of us who are less...
- Tags: VPN, Internet, Advisor, Wi-Fi Security, Security Zone, Wireless LANs, Wireless Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Michael Kassner
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Security news roundup: February 24
- Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers Opera releasing an update that patches three security vulnerabilities, multiple flaws found and fixed in EMC RepliStor, Symantec patching Veritas Storage Foundation, the presence of design weaknesses in wireless LAN VoIP handsets, and hard disk enclosures that fails to...
- Tags: Opera Software, Hard Drive, VERITAS Software Corp., VERITAS Storage Foundation, Vulnerability, Problem, EMC Corp., Encryption, Authentication, Wireless, Flaw, Data, Badge, Goerge, Security, Storage, Hardware, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-02-24
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