There’s a show I love to watch on the Discovery Channel called To Catch a Thief. The basic premise is this: the show’s hosts find a homeowner who volunteer to have his or her security tested. One of the show’s hosts, a former thief, breaks in and robs the house. The owner comes home [...]

In the midst of a struggling economy when many companies are struggling just to keep aflot, SMBs are about to get hit by another wave. As CRN.com explains, scattered throughout 2009 are a variety of deadlines for retailers to ensure that their systems comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The [...]

Computer World is running an article with a headline that seems all to common these days. Wells Fargo codes used to access personal information describes yet another security breach where hackers gained unauthorized information to consumer data including Social Security Numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver licence numbers, etc. Wells Fargo estimates that as many as [...]

Physical systems being infiltrated and controlled by hackers may soon bring far more tragic consequences to individuals and our society than simple data keying errors or record malfunctions…