After what seems like attack after attack on corporations including Target, LivingSocial and, most recently, eBay data security experts are wondering if the password is dead. “Allowing users to log in simply with a username and password is a grave error,” John Proctor, Microsoft’s vice president of global cybersecurity, wrote. “Frankly, the password is dead.”…
“Sustainability is more than being seen to be green. “ What is sustainability and is your company on the right path? Companies striving for environmental sustainability implement responsible recycling practices and partner with certified vendors who ensure internal and external compliance. They set strategic goals to benefit the company, design innovative ways to cut costs,…
R2 Solutions has introduced a series of proposed actions to help beef up the R2 standard and take “bad actors” to task, including a quality plan that will play a significant role in upholding and strengthening the integrity of the standard. R2 Quality Plan The plan has been divided into three main sections, each focusing…
When iPhones, iPads, and other Apple devices like MacBooks became popular, thieves, or Apple Pickers, saw stealing them as an easy way to make a quick buck. Now they’re after much more — data. Today’s Apple devices store sensitive data of interest to criminals. Worse, BYOD policies for personal mobile devices are increasingly making it…
If you thought ‘selfie’ and ‘baby bump‘ were just a silly fad, you thought wrong. Merriam-Webster recently added 150 new (and weird) words to dictionary. Don’t lose faith just yet. Our language is dynamic and the latest additions show that waste and recycling are part of what’s trending now. Common tech words including “e-waste,” “hash…
It’s entirely possible that the best mobile data erasure tactic is to just make the device completely disappear. If there’s one big drawback to mobile computing, especially in entities like the federal government, it’s the risk that a device could be lost or stolen, putting sensitive data in the wrong hands. Some mobile asset management…