Congressman Twitters Security Breach

Even with the best policies and practices in place, everything hinges on the end user. This weekend, Congressman Hoekstra Twittered secret Iraqi travel plans, showing how easily private information is disseminated and security may be [...]

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Password hacking with chocolate: Are women more susceptible to social engineering?

The Mitnick attack. The 10 attack. Social Engineering. Each of these emphasize how readily people part with valuable information to someone posing as an IT staffer, a very attractive member of the opposite sex, or someone friendly. You may now add candy bars and women…

No matter how you slice it, the weakest point in any security program ends up being the end user. User training seems to work with frequency of message, but without hearing the importance of security it seems quickly forgotten.

That is of course, unless the message starts at the top with a strong corporate policy, well understood [...]

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