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Security

Mentoring the SANS 401 Security Essentials class

August 5, 2010

Definitely happy and excited that my mentor class is now live and I can begin the mentor program beginning September 21st in Cleveland. Personally, it is a wonderful opportunity for me to interact with other security professionals or those with interest in security. I am looking forward to helping interested folks leans the fundamentals of [...]

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Facebook Privacy Settings Guide

May 29, 2010

Facebook, the most popular social networking site just implemented a bunch of new privacy settings for its users. The new privacy settings are being promoted by Facebook as making it easier for its users to control their information and consolidating the number of pages and privacy options. I have previously published an indepth Privacy Settings [...]

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How to Encrypt Files using TrueCrypt

October 22, 2009

TrueCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software that works on both Windows and Linux platforms. Data stored on an encrypted volume cannot be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. TrueCrypt does this by creating a virtual hard drive that will read and write encrypted files on the fly. [...]

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Mozilla Firefox disables Microsoft .NET and WPF addons

October 18, 2009

This morning, I was prompted by Firefox that it had disabled the .NET Framework Assistant and the Windows Presentation Foundation addons. The popup concluded with the message that these addons have been known to cause stability or security issues with Firefox. This is very interesting with vendors taking a proactive approach with kill switch functionality [...]

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Dirty Business: What Security and Pen Testers need to know to get the job done

February 19, 2007

This article is part # 3 in the series on Penetration Testing. The first in this series talks about Penetration testing as a profession and a general introduction. The second introduces you to some critical keywords and security tips you need to be aware of before proceeding through the rest of this series.   When you are [...]

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