Tag Archives: security

Auditing Matters

Posted on February 24, 2014 by way0utwest

There’s been some reporting about Yahoo Mail getting hacked and potential issues recently. I ran across this piece that talks about what happened and it’s an interesting read, but there’s one quote that stuck with me: “Yahoo reported on its Tumblr that it had … Continue reading →

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The Security of Interconnected Systems

Posted on February 18, 2014 by way0utwest

It’s a scary world in the wild, wild west of the Internet. Many days I think that’s a closer metaphor to the World Wide Web than the relatively ordered Kensington High Street in London. There are lots of bad people … Continue reading →

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Encrypt Everything

Posted on December 16, 2013 by way0utwest

Security is a problem with so many of our applications and systems. There are numerous ways that we handle access and protection of data, often with access rights or encryption (or both) being applied to data in order to limit who can … Continue reading →

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PVPs

Posted on December 12, 2013 by way0utwest

I had it happen to me. We had an SSL certificate for a website that one of my employers ran. I actually purchased the certificate, and it secured our communications for a couple years until one day it didn’t. The … Continue reading →

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