Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Safety & Security”
The following appeared in the Canadian online magazine Security Matters: Location Based Services: Do you know where your data is? Do you know where your data is? By Christopher Burgess Everywhere you look, retailers and other entities are offering to collect your data using one of the many location-based services available to collate your whereabouts and analyze your behavior. Are …
In October, I had the pleasure of being the guest on Talk2Cisco and to discuss social media and cyber security. Here is the write-up and recap of the event: Talk2Cisco . I took a moment and watched the video, and thought, this is something beneficial to small, medium and large businesses. I also think the individual will garner value from …
No doubt you are aware of the tragic loss of life which occurred in Cooperstown, North Dakota late last week, when 16 year old Cassidy Joy Andel, posted a disquieting message upon her Facebook page, “My time has come, and so I’m gone. To a better place, far beyond,” and then took her life, she hung herself. You see, she …
By Christopher Burgess Do you work for an enterprise or a small-to-medium-size business? If so, odds are you have an information technology department supporting you. If you work for yourself, you may leverage the knowledge of others in cobbling together an information technology infrastructure to support your daily work. I work for a conglomerate and rely on an IT department …
By Christopher Burgess When you access your email each day, do you do so at a distance of 15 paces because you’re just not sure what might jump out of that inbox? You can just about anticipate an email detailing how another user has caused a “blip” that will stretch your capabilities to protect both the user during their online …
On 15 September, the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security conducted a hearing on “Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking” in the United States. (NB: A minor in the United States is an individual under the age of 18.) On ongoing issue in the United States which every year touches over 100,000 children. The sex trafficking and exploitation of a child victim, on average …
The recent suicide by Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi is a horrific tragedy on so many levels. As I noted in my prior pieces on cyber bullying, tolerance and respect are sorely lacking in today’s society. This situation is further amplified by our ubiquitous online presence, which in this instance created a situation beyond which Tyler Clementi was able to cope. We need to educate the …
Today marks the beginning of National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the United States. I urge you to take a moment each day to educate yourself, your family, your colleagues on the need to be vigilant, proactive and engaged with respect to protecting your online persona and also your business. Your personal data and privacy are your responsibility to maintain …
I recently spoke at an event in Seattle on the security aspects of Social Media, both from the business and personal perspective. One question which I fielded surrounded whether or not there is risk to children via the various social media networks (i.e., Facebook) or should one accept that if someone really wants to hurt my family they don’t need …
The US unemployment numbers were released earlier this week and they remained high, at almost 10% and higher in some locales. Indicative of large numbers of the population continue to find employment. Often times an attractive situation isn’t geographically near and relocation isn’t an option for a myriad of reasons. For others, the expense of childcare or transportation makes an available position not …
As 2009 races to a close, two terms have become permanent residents within the online safety and security lexicon, “identity theft” and “identity fraud.” The reality is both have existed long before the internet came into being and today as in the past like water, criminals always follow the path of least resistance in achieving their unsavory goal – a …
We all have a reputation. When you were young, you may have been known as the “ultra-smart” student or the one who wore “keds” or perhaps the “bratty one” or the “swimmer” – all labels. And as we matured the labels and nicknames associated with us adjusted. When we entered the working world we all were rated and graded on …
Today I share with you a piece I wrote in the beginning of November as a guest blog for Cammie Moises and her MomsMaterial blog. The content I believe is apropos for your families and friends who may be online. (You may use/share any of the online safety tips in your own material – please attribute appropriately.) ———————- How was …
This is a continuation of the expansion on the daily tweets I shared via my Twitter account, @BurgessCT, during National CyberSecurity Awareness Month (#NCSAM – October 2009). If you’re reading this blog, you and your family are connected to the internet; your entrée to the internet is via a laptop, desktop PC, smart-phone, or other such devices and you have one, …
Today ends the 2009 edition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NSCAM). Throughout the month, I and many others have been posting guides, tips and advice on how to stay safe online and how to keep the online experience a secure and enjoyable one for you and your family. For my part, each day I tweeted a daily tip via my …
Cyberstalking – does it really exist? Yes, it exists. Is it a new phenomena, lamentably no. Cyberstalking has been a factor for more than 10 years and is the unfortunate natural extension of physical stalking and in some cases has supplanted the physical stalking as it provides for less risk of discovery to the perpetrator. It truly is a travesty, …
This is the first blog from within the veritate et virtute domain.It is fitting, therefore, this particular post revolve around a topic which continues to provide challenges to legislators both in the United States, as well as elsewhere around this small world we share – “Electronic Harassment.” Electronic Harassment is a polite word for the many of the insidious ills …
The guide is a professional guide, with exemplars which can be used in a sandbox, or to assist you in noodling through specific infrastructure monitoring issues – such as “tuning” so the incident logs tell you the story, and don’t drown you in event data. This book should be in every incident responset team’s professional library.