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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Happy 25th Birthday to Windows 1.0: The Bland Bust that Started it All
Many who will read this aren't old enough to remember 1985. 1985 was the year of "Back To The Future", I saw it in theaters..with my wife. That was the year I bought my first computer. No it did not have Windows on it. We went to this computer store in Fayetteville, NC. I remember the salesman showing us an IBM PC, you know, they had the clickity-clack keyboard and green screen? Instead we bought a Kaypro computer. It used CP/M. I'm not gonna attempt to tell you much about it, here's a link to it KAYPRO.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Protect Yourself from Programs Hackers use to Read Your Wireless Emails
The article doesn't go far enough. With this freely available tool, and almost no knowledge, a hacker can not only read your email and post to your accounts, they can literally take control of your computer and use it to commit any number of computer crimes. All without the knowledge of the user, all audit trails will lead to the user.
For the ethical hackers in the audience, here's the link to Firesheep. Contrary to the article, it is not a Firefox add-on, at least it's not available at Mozilla.org.
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For the ethical hackers in the audience, here's the link to Firesheep. Contrary to the article, it is not a Firefox add-on, at least it's not available at Mozilla.org.
Read full article at Protect Yourself from Programs Hackers use to Read Your Wireless Emails
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Saturday, October 23, 2010
A Brief History of Credit Card Security & Online Transactions
This is a very informative article about credit cards and how we came to be a plastic and cashless society.
A Brief History of Credit Card Security Online Transactions
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A Brief History of Credit Card Security Online Transactions
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Friday, October 22, 2010
The Road to CISSP: Final Chapter
The wait is finally over. After nearly 18 months of study, two CISSP seminars, and a few thousand dollars, I finally passed the CISSP exam on September 26th. It was brutal, taking me exactly 5 1/2 hours to complete, with only one break. I was sick on drive home, convinced I had just blown more than $1300 for the hotel stay and exam, not to mention 40 hours of leave from my job.
But, I felt much better after I got home and went through the material to check on some of my answers. Still, the CISSP exam is one of those things that very few people feel good about when they are done. It is unlike any other test you may take, it's rare to find a question you can just open the book and find a direct answer.
In fact, it's quite common to read a question and say to yourself "oh, I know the answer to this one", only to find none of the given answers fit. The moral of the story is that in a perfect world you get a perfect answer. Information Security Security, though, is not a perfect world, especially when you have a business to run, a finite budget, and long list of things to do with that budget. On the exam, it's rare to get a question and the optimal answer is one of the choices.
As a person with a IT technical background this was particularly hard to grasp. In the Microsoft world, the answer to an exam question is always whichever is the Microsoft best practice, and you can usually point it to one of Microsoft's textbooks for a direct answer. CompTIA and Cisco are much the same.
To be honest I was shocked when I got the email, I read it several times to make sure I read it correctly. After I finish the application process, which involves and endorsement by another CISSP and submitting a resume with all relevant experience, in a month or so I'll get the certification.
Part I
Part II
Part III
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But, I felt much better after I got home and went through the material to check on some of my answers. Still, the CISSP exam is one of those things that very few people feel good about when they are done. It is unlike any other test you may take, it's rare to find a question you can just open the book and find a direct answer.
In fact, it's quite common to read a question and say to yourself "oh, I know the answer to this one", only to find none of the given answers fit. The moral of the story is that in a perfect world you get a perfect answer. Information Security Security, though, is not a perfect world, especially when you have a business to run, a finite budget, and long list of things to do with that budget. On the exam, it's rare to get a question and the optimal answer is one of the choices.
As a person with a IT technical background this was particularly hard to grasp. In the Microsoft world, the answer to an exam question is always whichever is the Microsoft best practice, and you can usually point it to one of Microsoft's textbooks for a direct answer. CompTIA and Cisco are much the same.
To be honest I was shocked when I got the email, I read it several times to make sure I read it correctly. After I finish the application process, which involves and endorsement by another CISSP and submitting a resume with all relevant experience, in a month or so I'll get the certification.
Part I
Part II
Part III
Regards
John Crawford
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