Free WiFi is not a safe place – Siciliano says in his line of work he’s been seeing an increase in hackers prying on people using free Wi-Fi on their smart phones. Because the free Wi-Fi doesn’t encrypt your data, hackers can use a scanning tool to duplicate a person’s device by cloning their IME…
For law firms, I would guess that 1-2 are the most likely mistakes being made. What would you say? As for dumb mistakes to avoid, consider the following: 1. Do not keep unnecessary client data “just in case you need it someday.” 2. Do not forget to encrypt data. 3. Do not leave access paths…
According to the report – Employees use an average of 191 passwords to enter 154 times in a given month, racking up an estimated 36 minutes of password data entry during that time, according to a report released today. We can talk until we are blue in the face about the risks of reusing passwords,…
This is less than ideal, but honestly, I’ve worked in the industry long enough to totally see how it happens. Someone needed to take this somewhere, or send it to someone, and just copied it without giving a second thought to what would happen if it got lost. “Now we can add Heathrow Airport to…
This is often the case with malware – Yet the attack could the been prevented by basic IT practices, the report says. As early as 2014, the Department of Health and the Cabinet had written to NHS trusts, saying it was essential they had “robust plans” to migrate away from old software. In March and…
It’s the never-ending battle, and as someone who’s been on both sides of it, responsible for keeping thing secure, and unable to do things I need to do or reach things I need to reach when traveling, I don’t know what the right answer is. The survey revealed that 88% of enterprises prohibit users from…