December 2007 - Posts

Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes For 2008!

Published 25 December 7 1:57 PM | Essential Computer Security

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Filed under: Best Practices

Predictions for 2008

Published 22 December 7 10:51 PM | Essential Computer Security

The year is winding down, and the world loves a list, so I thought I’d jump on the bandwagon as well. I will start by saying that, thus far, the only prognostications for next year that I have read were Richard Bejtlich’s on his TaoSecurity...

Filed under: News and Info, pc, computer, 2008, forecast, information protection, predictions, consolidation virtualization, information security, network, technology

Annual SANS Top 20 Report

Published 18 December 7 7:6 AM | Essential Computer Security

Its that time again. The 8th Annual SANS Top 20 Report is out. Well, its the 8th annual report, but it hasn’t always been the top 20, and it hasn’t always been at the end of the year. The first one was a top 10 list released in June of 2000...

Filed under: security, News and Info, vulnerabilities, exploits, pc, computer, threats, sans top 20

Proteccion del PC y seguridad en Internet

Published 6 December 7 12:35 PM | Essential Computer Security

My book, Essential Computer Security, has just been translated and republished in Spanish as Proteccion del PC y seguridad en Internet. In addition to Spanish, my other international writings include German and Italian. Hacker’s Challenge 3, which...

Filed under: News and Info

100% Protection at a 25% Savings

Published 2 December 7 9:13 PM | Essential Computer Security

My kids have their own computer. They set a kitchen timer on each other to mediate the taking of turns. Basically, someone is on that computer, surfing the Web, all day. Generally, I know the sites they are visiting, and they are pretty good about asking...

Filed under: Products, Net Nanny, content filter, monitoring, parental-controls