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PKI Certificate Renewal Strategy: A Simple Cascading Schedule
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9 months ago
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Troy Arwine
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Designing a strategy for Certificate Authority (CA) certificate renewal schedule can cause some confusion if you don’t understand the relationship between CA certificate renewals to end-entity certificate renewal overlaps. However, the following...
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Driving Safely Online & Legislation of Technology: Mandating Hands-Free Availability Built Into All Vehicles Instead of Disabling or Banning Cell Phones
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11 months ago
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Troy Arwine
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This 21 st century world with its enumerable social gadgets intertwined on the Web make driving hazardous. Our world is accustomed to life on the go via LinkedIn, blog postings, Facebook “likes”, and e-mail in our pockets. Our society is in...
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The Value of Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) in a PKI
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over 1 year ago
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Troy Arwine
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In Internet explorer , inside Tools --> Internet Options --> Advanced there are two controls for revocation checking. Check for server certificate revocation controls whether revocation checks occur for HTTPS connections. Check for publisher’s...
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Mitigating Photo GeoTagging Safety Concerns with Windows Phone 7 Privacy Settings & Pro Photo Tools
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over 2 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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Photo GeoTagging seems to be making headlines this week and bring to our attention the potential dangers of Photo GeoTagging. http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7621105&syndicate=syndicate§ion http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp...
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E-Gov Security Part 3 (Trusting the Cloud)
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over 2 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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E-Government continues to grow with citizens demanding more online services daily and the consumerization of IT devices that need access to those services from anywhere in the world. Threats to these systems can outpace that growth at an even greater...
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E-GOV Security (Part 2–Twenty Critical Cyber Defense Controls to Secure Citizen Data & Maintain Public Trust)
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over 3 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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The National Association of State CIO’s (NASCIO) & Deloitte released findings from “ The 2010 Deloitte-NASCIO Cybersecurity Study ” which found that State governments are NOT doing enough to secure citizen data and maintain public trust . In fact...
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E-GOV Security (Part 1–Data Loss Prevention)
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over 3 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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State & Local Government (SLG) is quickly adopting to demands of 21st century U.S. citizens demanding e-government (E-GOV) services. With E-GOV comes both the convenience of Internet services necessary to support tech-savvy Cyber Citizens along...
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Free Microsoft Security Tools
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over 4 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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I often get asked where someone can find a comprehensive list of Security tools from Microsoft. Many tools which may be used by an administrator are not the same set of tools used by a developer or a consumer, but its nice to have a comprehensive...
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Flying Pigs at the Turn of the Tide: Microsoft is finally emerging as a leader the cyber security industry
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over 4 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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Microsoft has been dealing with cyber treats for years both internally and with our customers, but just in case you haven’t noticed; there has been a significant change in the tide from both in the focus of such malevolent attacks and public perception...
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Secure Applications - Part Deux
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over 5 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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According to a study done by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, 97% of interviewed companies and administrations were using antivirus 98% have a network firewall Yet, 15% have reported suffering from network intrusions Almost...
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Defense-in-Depth vs. BitUnlocker: How to defeat Cold DRAM attacks using BitLocker, Power Options, and Physical Security
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over 5 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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Princeton University published a paper this week entitled: Lest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keys which shows how an attacker can extract the contents of DRAM from a computer that is powered off and retrieve the encryption keys from memory...
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Home Router Hacks, VOIP Phishing & Driveby Pharming
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over 5 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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A new era is dawning in mainstream hacking techniques that target devices that are not very well defended in most homes: The routers that you get at your local retailer to protect your high-speed DSL or Cable connected PC from malevolent hackers...
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Secure Web Applications - The Microsoft Way
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over 6 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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A question came up this week on how to Secure Web Applications the Microsoft way. Microsoft has extensive prescriptive guidance that applies to secure online applications. Defense in Depth 1. Start by building on a Secure Platform : · Windows...
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Why Social Engineering always works :(
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over 6 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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What is Social Engineering & why should you care? Social engineering (security) - a definition from Wikipedia: Social engineering is a collection of techniques used to manipulate people into performing actions or divulging confidential information...
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Online Internet Safety Resources
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over 6 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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Here are some resources from the Microsoft' Internet Safety Toolkit below to help keep you kids and family safe online: • StaySafe.org ( http://www.staysafe.org ) - Educational site intended to help consumers understand both the positive aspects of...
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Espionage & Counter Intelligence for the "Average Joe"
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over 6 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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Today in the news there was a story of a major security breach where nuclear secrets were stolen from Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A contract employee allegedly obtained highly classified information on uranium enrichment to be sold to a foreign country...
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You don't have to be a Rocket Scientist to stay safe online.
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over 6 years ago
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Troy Arwine
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Simply following a few basic safety tips can minimize your risk of being hacked; having your identity stolen; or accidently exposing your children to adult content on the Web. How? Take the time to understand the threats and how to respond to them...
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