There is talk of weakening Cybersecurity in an attempt to make it easier for authorities to listen in on criminal communications. The two obvious arguments against this are a) weakening security hurts everyone, and b) criminals will simply shift to other methods of communication. I will discuss both of those
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/07/australia_consi.html#comments I’ll be writing more on this in the coming days. I honestly hope this is not how it plays out. Share This:
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This article demonstrates how easy it is to limit users SSH’ing into your system to just Rsync and/or SCP. We’re using CentOS 6 for this demo. For example, suppose you want to allow users (or a script on a remote system) to SCP or Rsycn files to and from a
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In this article, I am arguing that a regulated Information Technology industry will result in higher quality systems and software and a new focus on security. Australia is about to create a new cyber warfare division within the Australian Defence Force. Whilst the details are still secret, the objectives will
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This article covers server backups and guides you through the process of designing a backup plan. The process will result in a data backup plan that the business is comfortable with. How much data and time can your business lose without damaging your reputation and income? When a disaster hits,
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This article is a template for you to copy and modify to fit your business needs. The security baseline described here is for a business. Scope This document described the baseline security posture of business servers. The server may be in the cloud or local infrastructure. The operating system is
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A great article worth your time to read taking into account recent Edwin Snowden comments. The article compares the popular VPN types in use today. The best one? OpenVPN followed closely by IKEv2 (+IPSec). Personally i’d go for IKEv2 if i had a mixed environment (Windows and Macs) and if
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This article is a template for you to copy and modify to fit your business needs. The security baseline described here is for a business. Scope This document described the baseline security posture of business workstations. A workstation is either a desktop computer or laptop or similar. A workstation is
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Think SSL protects websites? Think again. Check out this article and proof-of-concept “https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/”. Try it yourself. Check out this article. Share This:
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For those of you who follow my articles, you’d know that i’m a fan of the cloud. But more than that i’m a fan of using the right tool for the job. The decision on whether or not to use the cloud in your business should be an informed one.
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