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Protect sensitive data everywhere: not just in production

Defending against unwanted network and end-user device intrusions has one objective—protecting the data. This means protecting the data no matter where it resides or how it moves. However, this seems to be a problem in some organizations when addressing security for testing QA and development environments.Recently I discovered...

Tags: Compliance, data theft, HIPAA, identity, Identity Theft, It Management, Medical Identity Theft, PII, privacy, QA, Security, Tom Olzak

Blog posts 2007-01-11

FACTA "Red Flags Rule": Concern for security managers?

A new security compliance deadline arrives on November 1, 2008. If your organization is one of the covered entities, there are Red Flag rules concerning PII that you need to know about. Tom Olzak covers the basics of FACTA (U.S. Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003) for security...

Tags: Security Manager, FACTA, PII, Identity Theft, Security, Tom Olzak

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Additional Resources

Conduct an impact assessment to acquire security funding

While you understand the importance of protecting personally identifiable information PII in your organization, that doesn't mean that the ones holding the purse strings do. How can you convince them? A good place to start is by performing an impact assessment. Protecting personally identifiable information PII is a ...

Tags: security, Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, personally identifiable information, Security Solutions Newsletter, Data, Mike Mullins, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"

Technical articles 2007-02-08

Root out data breach dangers by first implementing common sense

As security breaches of personally identifiable information PII make the news, (http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm) an analysis of the breaches may lead you to the conclusion that it is not hackers or malicious employees that are to be feared but just plain stupidity. While you will find data breaches that can be blamed...

Tags: Practices, Data Security, Data Protection, Data Breach, General

Blog posts 2007-06-17

Prevent identity theft by avoiding these seven common mistakes

Identity theft may be on the rise, but you don't have to make it easy for thieves -- take steps to protect the personally identifiable information PII of your employees and clients. You can start by avoiding these seven mistakes. Identity theft is on the rise. Is your organization...

Tags: Michael Mullins CCNA, MCP, personally identifiable information, security, identity theft, Security Solutions Newsletter, Solution, Network, Mike Mullins, Michael \"Mullins CCNA, MCP\"

Technical articles 2007-05-17

Locked FSB speed

Hi, I have an old Compaq Deskpro EN 6350 computer, with a PII Deschutes 350 MHz processor, chipset Intel 82440BX/ZX, FSB 100 MHz, 192 MB SDRAM and I would like to overclock to work at 500 MHz. BIOS is updated to the last revision 08/22/99. On my motherboard there...

Tags: cioby_sv@..., FSB 100, FSB 100 MHz, PII board

Q&A 2005-04-16

LCD + old PC

Will I be able to connect a modern Sharp 17" DVI LCD monitor to my old PII 266 Mhz/ 32MB RAM PC without any upgrades? trying to save spaceIf not, which upgrades may be necessary, CPU, MB, video card, etc? Thanks for your reply.If the monitor only has the...

Tags: DVI, hardware, LCD, monitor, PC, RAM, TWonk, VGA, video, video card

Q&A 2005-08-17

10 things you should know about privacy protection and IT

This article is also available as a PDF download.Personal privacy has become a major public concern. Highlyvisible data breaches, identity theft, and frauds such as phishing scams havecreated a huge corporate and consumer burden and threaten trust in Internet ande-commerce services.Studies have shown that almost half of U.S. residents have...

Tags: information technology, Operations, personal data, Personal Privacy, Privacy, Security

Technical articles 2006-12-06

Deal responsibly with identity data breaches

Most security managers are aware of some form of the 5 steps for handling an incident: prevent, detect, contain, eradicate, and recover.  These steps are usually sufficient for those incidents in which Personally Identifiable Information PII or electronic Protected Health Information ePHI isn't compromised.  However, a breach of individual identity...

Tags: Security, Medical Identity Theft, Leadership, IT Management, Identity Theft, data theft, Cybercrime, Computer Crime, Compliance

Blog posts 2007-06-21

Identity Theft: The Internet Connection

Concern is growing about identity theft - where one person assumes the identity of another by stealing personally identifiable information PII, such as credit card or Social Security numbers. High profile incidents disclosed in early 2005 involving ChoicePoint, Bank of America, and LexisNexis, where the PII of more than a...

Tags: Internet Connection, The Library Of Congress, Personally Identifiable Information, Identity Theft, Internet, Security

White papers 2005-03-16

Windows 64 Bit....Oh no

So how long will it be till no new programs will run on my current OS ? Let's see...it comes out in April, that means by May I'm toast.Here we go again...get out your patch kit.Xp has had 64 bit out for a while nowYou Can buy XP in both...

Tags: 64-bit, fluidtech, hardware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, windows

Discussion threads 2005-03-03

Won't boot on CPU upgrade

I have a machine running W2K with a Pentium II (233MHZ) on an Aopen AX6LC motherboard. No real problems, but I wanted a bit more speed. I picked up a Pentium III Celeron (566) and a slot 1 adapter and swapped it out. Everything looked okay as...

Tags: bertman714, CPU, Microsoft Windows 2000, motherboard, W95, windows

Q&A 2005-04-24

A painter's house is never painted, a roofer's house is never roofed...

A painter's house is never painted, a roofer's house is never roofed...At least that's the way it is with me. Too busy with everyone else's computers, that when I finally do get home, I just want to be out of doors or just collapse in a chair with a...

Tags: PC, SLI Rig, computer, tech, home, Ciderick, off-topic, home PC, video card

Discussion threads 2006-07-10

Protect your endpoint devices from swap and hibernation file data leaks

Many organizations are becoming very conscientious when it comes to protecting sensitive data. The release of personally identifiable information PII, electronic protected health information ePHI, intellectual property, and authentication information (e.g. passwords) can be very damaging. However, there are two areas on Windows and Linux workstations that can...

Tags: Windows, Security, It Management, HIPAA, data theft, Computer Forensics

Blog posts 2007-05-10

HELP! Sudden problems with wireless connection in home network.

Hi All!I have an old PII 350 that has been working great as an old standby to surf the web in my rec. room.It has ALWAYS worked on my Netgear wireless G router and and internal Linksys wirelss card on the PC. It suddenly stopped working the other day...

Tags: Home networking, Wi-Fi, network, dc1974golf@..., PII 350, wireless, home network

Discussion threads 2007-07-21

Administering Crack for Linux password security

Jim McIntyre completes his look at Crack by covering running Crack over networks, the Crack7 brute-force password-guesser, and establishing a password policy for your network.In part one of this series, we looked at the installation and configuration of Crack. We also looked at running Crack on a single Linux system....

Tags: Table 1, Jim McIntyre, security, network, Linux, Running Crack, file system

Technical articles 2000-11-30

Differences between Win2K, Win9x, and WinNT

It's getting confusing, what with all these different operating systems that sound the same. So, just what are the differences between all the Windows *.*s? During this Guild Meeting, Erik Eckel explained this and more.It's getting confusing, what with all these different operating systems that sound the same. So, just...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Guild, Erik Eckel, Guild Meeting, Microsoft Windows 2000, WULFHEART, Microsoft Windows NT

Technical articles 2000-03-14

From the forums: USB headaches

In this thread from the Troubleshooting Forum, a TechRepublic member earns 200 TechPoints for helping resolve a problem with a Force Feedback joystick.Recently, TechRepublic member Pyesner had a problem with his Force Feedback Pro joystick. He believed that it was a problem with his new USB DSL modem. Up for...

Tags: Modems, Network technology, Ed Engelking II A+, USB, joystick, TechPoints, modem, Pyesner, DSL, DSL modem

Technical articles 2000-05-04

Help us solve this sound card dilemma

Here's the woeful tale of a member whose Sound Blaster card is crashing his PC. Despite a plea for help on our Technical Q&A, this member's problem persists. Do you know the answer to his sound troubles?From the early beeps of Pong to the familiar Windows' ding, sound has become...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Bill Detwiler, audio card

Technical articles 2001-09-14

If it "ain't" broke...

Its the same everywhereMicrosoft isn't the only one having issues selling a change to a new OS, in their case XP to Vista. If newer isn't always better, then we should all take heart from the fact that we know the old stuff inside and out.As far as Linux...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-01-28