It’s almost impossible to do anything these days without leaving some type of digital footprint. Cyber security is important to everyone regardless of whether it’s about protecting your data, privacy, or your very own identity.
In my most recent post, I talked about one of the most underrated plugins for WordPress backups. If you didn’t read it yet, read it now and then come back to this one. UpdraftPlus Backups for Multiple Sites So if you’re reading this post, it’s safe to assume you’re not Read more…
I recently began looking for a good backup option for my WordPress sites. In the past, I’ve always performed WordPress backups manually. But times change. I’ve managed to get more website clients over the past year. And while it’s no big deal to manually backup a few sites every week, that Read more…
For the non-technical website owner, switching your site from http to https may seem like a daunting task. And to be fair, depending on your situation, it might not be a piece of cake. As the Internet moves towards tighter security however, the work will prove to be well worth Read more…
By sheer definition, privilege creep is the gradual accumulation of access rights beyond what an individual needs to do their job[1]. When someone needs rights to a specific resource, and that need is justified, the rights are (and should be) granted. However when that same person no longer requires those Read more…
By now everyone has heard about the massive Equifax data breach. Not only were 143 million people (half the US adult population) affected, but the credit giant knew about the breach for over 40 days before disclosing it. Although not as big as the Yahoo breach, it’s the largest breach Read more…
Americans in the land’s highest office apparently have the tech skills of our grandparents. When White House staffers received emails from coworkers that came from mail.com and outlook.com domain addresses, they assumed they were real. The staffers even turned around and provided their personal email addresses to the prankster. Not Read more…
This post is also available without ads as an eBook at the CGS Computers Cyber Store Cyber Security is one of the most important issues for any company that has computers or information systems. Unfortunately, it’s one that also gets incredibly overlooked, particularly by small businesses. Although cyber security lapses Read more…
Adobe Flash Player is a security nightmare, plain and simple. Unfortunately, many large companies still use it on their websites. Years ago, when I was working at the DoD, I recall installing security patches on Adobe Flash almost constantly. It seemed like every few days there was a new vulnerability Read more…
At first thought, it might seem impossible to pull data from a computer that’s not connected to the Internet. How can a system be hacked without a direct connection? Well as it turns out, a paper recently published by a team of cyber security researchers discusses a method of hacking Read more…
The concept of Separation of Duties (also known as Segregation of Duties) applies to many different industries. The principle was developed in accounting to avoid errors and fraud but it also applies to general business practices. Although it has its beginnings in the business world, Separation of Duties has become a powerful security Read more…