Tag Archives: encryption

The $90,000 Laptop

Posted on December 14, 2015 by way0utwest

A hospital got the opportunity to pay $90k for a lost laptop. There’s no excuse for this. If you have a Windows laptop, enable bitlocker today. If you have OSX, setup FileVault. If you’re on Linux, choose dm_crypt or something else. Go ahead, get that … Continue reading →

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The Auditor Attack Vector

Posted on December 1, 2015 by way0utwest

The phone on the desk buzzed. The CEO picked it up, expecting his assistant to let him know his next appointment had arrived. Instead he was told a person had called and wanted to discuss why his managers were paid … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #69–Encryption

Posted on August 11, 2015 by way0utwest

This is a good T-SQL Tuesday topic for me. This month Ken Wilson asks everyone to write on encryption, which is a topic I’ve presented on quite a few times. You can participate, too. Take a few hours, learn something, … Continue reading →

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Source Code Security

Posted on March 31, 2015 by way0utwest

I’m not surprised, and I had expected to read about something like this much sooner. Apparently someone at the ride sharing company, Uber, posted a security key online in a GitHub distribution. I assume this was some sort of code repository … Continue reading →

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