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Category Archives: Cloud Security
It may surprise a few people, but I’m just not worried about my credit card being stolen. In fact, I refuse to worry about it. That may sound like heresy for someone who is supposed to know a little bit … Continue reading
A hot debate over the inherent security benefits of open source software — or lack thereof — has been raging (again) since the “heartbleed” bug came to light last spring. So…..from a security expert’s point of view (yes, mine!), is … Continue reading
Posted in Botz Blog, Cloud Security, Compliance, Encryption, IBM i Security, Info Security Mgmt, Information Security, Mobile Security
Tagged AIX, AIX Security, AS/400, Closed Source, cloud security, compliance, cybersecurity, data security, encryption, Information Security, information security management, Open Source, Proprietary, security management
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Or…How a security expert can fall for a phishing scheme Think no one will target your business with phishing attacks? Think again… This confession is a bit hard for me. Just recently I was the target of a phishing attack. … Continue reading
Posted in Botz Blog, Cloud Security, IBM i Security, Info Security Mgmt, Information Security, Mobile Security, Social Engineering
Tagged authentication, cloud security, cybersecurity, data security, IBM i Security, IBMi, info security management, Information Security, information security management, password management, phishing, security management, spear phishing
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Recently I’ve written several blog posts about biometric authentication in IT Shops (see “Target Attack Leads to Discussion of Biometric Authentication“, “IT Shop Requirements for Exploiting Biometrics“, “Biometrics and SSO“). This post discusses a couple of secondary factors.
Posted in Biometrics, Botz Blog, Cloud Security, IBM i Security, Info Security Mgmt, Information Security, Mobile Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged AIX, AIX Security, AS/400, biometric authentication, biometrics, cloud security, data security, IBM i Security, IBM i v7r1, IBMi, information security management, single sign on, Single Signon, sso, SSO Stat!
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In a recent post I noted that the Target breach once again raised the idea of biometric authentication as means of improving the protection of corporate data. Yet for all of its benefits, adoption of biometric authentication within the IT … Continue reading
Posted in Biometrics, Botz Blog, Cloud Security, IBM i Security, Info Security Mgmt, Information Security, Mobile Security, Single Sign-On (SSO)
Tagged AIX, AIX Security, AS/400, authentication, biometric authentication, biometrics, cloud security, data security, IBM i Security, IBM i v7r1, IBMi, info security management, Information Security, information security management, kerberos, security management, single sign on, Single Signon, sso, SSO Stat!
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You’ll notice that the title of this post is “Biometrics And SSO”; not Biometrics for SSO. This is an important distinction. Most IT shops don’t realize that they can use standard SSO along with biometric authentication to implement unobtrusive two-factor … Continue reading
“Former Hostgator employee arrested, charged with rooting 2,700 servers” was the headline of an April 19, 2013 article published by Ars Technica website. Rooting refers to providing the attacker a way to gain superuser access on a computer system. Doing … Continue reading
Evernote had its share of stress last week. Proactively resetting 50 million users’ passwords may be the best way to handle a security breach once it happens, but why did it happen at all? Read the backstory here and learn … Continue reading
DarkReading.com usually has good information and this one is no different. Being in the SSO business (among other security related areas), you might think I would avoid an article like this that warns people to be realistic about what they … Continue reading
An interesting article from ExtremeTech.com about security in the cloud. Despite the title (“Is ‘cloud security’ an oxymoron?”), it takes a balanced approach, suggesting you be aware of the pitfalls rather than avoid cloud computing services. Is ‘Cloud Security’ an … Continue reading
