Category: Firewalls

Email, Privacy and You… a Look Inside SB 467

For geeks like me, 1986 was a great year… IBM unveiled their “PC Convertible laptop”, the “first MS-DOS virus, Brain,” was released, and the “Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA)” was enacted. And, why is this so important? Because 27 years later, laptops, computer viruses and this piece of legislation all impact just about everyone in one way or another.

Security 101: Two-Factor Authentication

Time and time again, the old methods of identifying who you are have fallen prey to various attacks and breaches. Simply having a login name and a password, even a strong password – one that doesn’t contain words from the dictionary, and consists of upper case letters, lower case letters, numbers, and special symbols like exclamation points, ampersands or other non-alphanumeric characters – is often no longer strong enough to prevent a breach. You could have an incredibly strong passwo…