Awareness on James Jardine

Security Budget: How Much vs. How it is Used

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:12:22 +0000

I recently saw an article on Forbes that identified some of the major banks and how much money they will be spending on cybersecurity . We are talking about companies like Wells Fargo, Citibank, J.P. Morgan Chase. We are talking about budgets starting around $250 Million a year for cybersecurity. That is a big budget.

Winning and Infosec: The largest CTF Ever?

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 19:51:05 +0000

You have heard it over and over from the “offensive” side of information security:

Breaches Happen: Call to Action

Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:49:42 +0000

I loaded up Twitter this morning and was bombarded with even more reports of companies getting breached. Latest on the radar include the likes of JPMorgan Chase and some Dairy Queen locations. I won’t even attempt to guess at the number of breaches that have occurred already this year, but at what point to companies sit down and decide to look at their own network and systems?

1.2 Billion Passwords… Password Best Practices Again

Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:28:01 +0000

There is a lot of talk about the recent discovery of what appears to be about 1.2 billion username and passwords stolen. I haven’t seen the list, so I can’t confirm that, but let’s assume it is accurate. Is this something we should be panicking about?

Danger of USB Devices

Fri, 01 Aug 2014 16:45:14 +0000

There has been lots of news recently regarding a flaw in USB devices that could lead to an unwanted attack. USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and is often associated with thumb drives used to store data. There are many other uses for USB devices, such as your mouse and keyboard. There are even monitors that connect via USB.