Posts Tagged ‘End User Security’
Good Password Hygiene Requires Behavior Changes and Password Managers
For years I advocated the importance of good hygiene. The importance of using complex, long and unique passwords. But where this approach falls short is that it’s dependent on one very important element – you, the user. Today, I draw all my energy trying to impress upon users like you the importance of a password…
Read MoreDefense in Depth And Website Security
The concept of Defense in Depth is not new. It’s been leveraged in the InfoSec domain for a long time, and has it’s roots deeply embedded in military strategy and tactics. That however doesn’t mean that even those in the InfoSec domain explain or implement it correctly. To fully appreciate the idea of Defense in…
Read MoreHow To Encrypt Gmail Emails Using Mailvelope
Over the past couple of years we’ve been reminded time and time again of how susceptible our communication mediums are to prying eyes. Classic examples of its susceptibility can be seen in the very public disclosure of General Petraeus affair in 2012, the release of over 170,000 emails after the Sony compromise in 2014, to the…
Read More5 Tips to Improve the Security of your Business
I don’t know about you, but as a business owner that offers a service to clients in which they instill their trust in us, there is nothing that worries me more than the idea of getting hacked. Enough so that it keeps me up most nights, but it’s likely amplified being it’s a security company.…
Read MoreThe Dynamic and Complicated Online Threats
This May I was thrilled to travel to Prague, Czech Republic as a keynote speaker for J And Beyond 2015, An International Joomla Conference to deliver the talk The Dynamic and Complicated Online Threats (Challenges Website Owners Face). I was also thrilled to have my company, Sucuri, sponsor the event. After investing the better part…
Read MoreWordCamp Chicago 2014: WordPress Security Is All About the Basics
Recently I had the opportunity to share my insights from the past five years working at Sucuri at WordCamp Chicago 2014 held at the University Center in downtown Chicago. My talk, WordPress Security: It’s All About the Basics, focused on experiences with end-user security issues and threats in the web security industry. With the goal…
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