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The End of Safe Harbor And What Comes Next

Under European law, service providers are legally obligated to maintain the levels of security and privacy for personal, non-public information. Because of these protections, data from European users cannot be moved to jurisdictions where the same level of protection...

Cybersecurity facts I thought were cool

by Jamie F Pechak | Security

Here’s a cool cybersecurity fact taught by experts in the field: hackers exploit weaknesses in people, not software.

Oodles of POODLEs, Or How Not to Get Bit

by Deft | Security

Often the biggest concern when a security exploit comes out is the time that elapses from when the issue is reported to the time when the manufacturer issues a patch. Will you be targeted in that brief unprotected moment? Can you ensure your customers will be...

Shellshock: Behind The Scenes

by Deft | Security

By now, you’ve probably heard about the bash vulnerability that’s kicking around on all major news sources. Even today, CVE-2014-6278 remains exceedingly relevant to many environments—and it’s only one of a handful of new weaknesses found beyond the...

Information security for small businesses

by Deft | Security

If you read the news lately, it seems like every corporate board across the country is adding Chief Information Security Officer to the ranks of their C-suite. The bailiwick of the CIO — Information Security — is now the de facto buzzword of the post-Heartbleed world....

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