You Can Change Your Password but You Can’t Change Your Fingerprints

Aug 24, 2019 | Best Practices, Biometrics, Business, Code-Breaking, Consumer, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Databases, Encryption, Hacking, Monitoring, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Technology

You Can Change Your Password but You Can’t Change Your Fingerprints   The biggest known biometric data breach to date was reported recently when researchers managed to access a 23-gigabyte database of more than 27.8m records including fingerprint and facial...

Did You Get Your Equifax Settlement? Settlement Drained in a Week

Aug 10, 2019 | automation, Best Practices, Breaches, Business, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Storage, Databases, Equifax, Hacking, News, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, settlement

Did You Get Your Equifax Settlement?   Settlement Drained in a WeekSo many people have made claims in the data-breach settlement against consumer credit rating agency Equifax that, according to the Federal Trade Commission, each claimant is now likely to get...

Edward Snowden His Book

Aug 3, 2019 | Biography, Book, Data Storage, Databases, Encryption, Government, Memoir, Monitoring, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Surveillance, Technology

Edward Snowden the Book Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee and National Security Agency contractor who spilled some of the deepest secrets of the US government’s electronic surveillance operations, has written a memoir. Permanent Record, published by...

Hackers Stick a Bullseye on Schools and School Districts

Aug 3, 2019 | Children, Cybercrime, Databases, Education, Hackers, Hacking, Radio Show, Radio_Show, School Districts, Technology

Hackers Stick a Bullseye on Schools and School Districts Some hackers demand ransom; others sweep up personal data for sale to identity thieves. But whatever hackers’ motives, school systems around the country have been the targets of their cyberattacks. One attack...

Cyberbreaches — How far does your liability extend?

Jun 29, 2019 | Backup, Business, Cyber breaches, Cybersecurity, Data, Databases, Liability, Malware, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Software As A Service

Cyber Breaches — How Far Does Your Liability Extend? It seems like we read about a major data breach occurring almost every other day. From credit card information and PIN codes stolen from some of the largest retailers in America to very personal health...

When Your Vendors Become A Cyber Liability

Jun 22, 2019 | Breaches, Computers, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Storage, Databases, Law Enforcement, Legal, Privacy, Radio Show, Radio_Show, Security, Security, Technology

When Your Vendors Become A Cyber Liability   If It’s Digital, It’s Hackable Customs and Border Protection failed to keep their photographic database of vehicular traffic crossing through US border crossings safe. It involved a single lane at one...