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Raspberry and RFID reader/writer, first test

An RFID system is always made up of two components: the transponder, Proximity Integrated Circuit Card (PICC) the detector or reader , Proximity Coupling Device (PCD) The RFID reader/writer (13.56MHz) RF522 for arduino can be used in Raspberry. In this … Continue reading

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Cloud Information Governance: Data Security Study, by Ponemon

Safenet has sponsored a survey called “The Challenges of Cloud Information Governance: A Global Data Security Study“. The purpose of the survey is very interesting: The purpose of this research is to focus on how organizations are putting confidential information … Continue reading

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Global heatmap, by G4S Risk Consulting

Global Intelligence System (GIS) is providing an online service, including a Heatmap and Global forecast reports. There are forecast reports freely available, and they can provide short and concise information about current threats and hazards globally. Please see the links … Continue reading

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Survey Report on Endpoint Security, by Ponemon

Yet another survey report from Ponemon, called 2015 State of Endpoint Report: User-Centric Risk. The survey covered about 700 security practitioners. “This annual study is conducted to understand trends and changes in endpoint risk in organizations. An endpoint can include … Continue reading

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Unintentional Insider Risk, report by Ponemon

Raytheon has published an interesting report called “The Unintentional Insider Risk in United States and German Organizations“, conducted by Ponemon Institute. Worth to have a look. Some highlights: IT practitioners agree unintentional employee negligence causes more security incidents than intentional … Continue reading

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2015 Information security breaches survey, conducted by PwC

There is a survey report available (2015, UK specific). It contains several good information for security professionals and management. From main site: The information security breaches survey is carried out annually for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) by … Continue reading

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Car on-board diagnostics (ODB II) with android, first tests

Short version With an android phone and ODB adapter one can get access to the standardized diagnostic interface(s) of a car. I bought an ODB II bluetooth adapter to find out what information is available from a car. With a … Continue reading

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