Posts Tagged ‘National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM)’
DNS Firewall to Enhance Your Networks Security | CleanBrowsing
DNS is the internets lookup table, it builds a bridge between the domain name (e.g., perezbox.com) and the IP address (e.g., 184.24.56.17). The IP address being where you can find the server that hosts the domain. In addition to its job as a lookup table, it can also serve as an effective security control. DNS…
Read MoreHow HTTPS Works – Let’s Establish a Secure Connection
The need to use HTTPS on your website has been spearheaded by Google for years (since 2014), and in 2018 we saw massive improvements as more of the web became encrypted by default. Google now reports that 94% of its traffic on the web is now encrypted. What exactly does HTTPS mean though? And how…
Read MoreThe 2018 Facebook Data Breach
On September 28th, 2018, Facebook announced it’s biggest data breach to date. They estimated 50 million accounts were affected at the time of the disclosure. Subsequent to the disclosure, security professionals from all verticals took to the interwebs to provide what most would consider sensible advise: Time to update your passwords; Time to enable Two…
Read MoreCreating a Safe Online Experience At Home with Content Filtering
As a parent, and a technologist, I struggle with creating a safe online experience at home. I’m constantly playing with different technologies – hardware and software – trying to find a healthy configuration that will give me a higher degree of confidence inside my trust zone. I am specifically thoughtful about what my kids will…
Read MoreGood 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…
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