Category Archives: Security Training, Awareness and Reports
Discussion topic, short definition for security?
If you would need to explain security in an easy way, how would you define it? I came up with 2 definitions. What is security? “Trying to influence people to take right decisions on complex things while using layman’s terms” … Continue reading
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Test: O365 and Azure test lab guides
Microsoft is providing 30 day trial environments for Office 365 and for Azure. These trials can be used to setup a test and development environment by following the step-by-step guides from MS. If you are intending to start using those … Continue reading
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Survey of ISO certifications, results for 2015
ISO is having surveys about number of ISO certifications, it is worth to have a look 🙂 The table below is taken from the executive summary. There are also excel files available for each ISO standard that shows certifications per … Continue reading
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Study report “Women in Cybersecurity”, by several co-authors
It is worth to have a look at the recent study report called The 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study: Women in Cybersecurity. It can be found at the research page od the the Center for Cyber Safety and Education, … Continue reading
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OpenWrt, an alternative for improving network security at home with firewall and web proxy
Introduction OpenWrt is a Linux distribution that can be loaded into many wireless routers by replacing the original firmware with OpenWrt firmware. The picture below shows 2 such routers, together with Raspberry Pi on the right for comparison. My interest … Continue reading
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Reference sources for privacy laws
There are at least 3 freely available books that provide information about privacy laws in different countries. These are good references in pdf format. Baker & McKenzie’s Global Privacy Handbook (800p) (online version) see also related online tool Global Privacy … Continue reading
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Test: ONVIF IP Camera
ONVIF is recent standard for security IP cameras. Due to the standard, it should be easier to integrate these cameras into a surveillance solution. From ONVIF site: The ONVIF specification defines a common protocol for the exchange of information between … Continue reading
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