Category Archives: Security

Sadly, data breaches are all too common

Posted on April 3, 2011 by halberenson

After blogging about BP’s lost laptop this morning I was checking my mail and discovered a note from one of my financial institutions about a breach at bulk email sender Epsilon that impacts me.  Three of the largest credit card issuers … Continue reading →

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BP loses a laptop containing (unencrypted) personal information

Posted on April 3, 2011 by halberenson

Sadly A BP employee had the personal information about claimants from the Deepwater Horizon spill on a laptop with neither the files nor hard drive encrypted. And it was stolen (http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/03/bp-worker-loses-laptop-holding-data-for-13k-gulf-oil-spill-claimants/1?csp=34news). It isn’t clear if BP has inadequate policies, inadequate … Continue reading →

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When are we going to get serious about computer/network security (Part 2)?

Posted on March 19, 2011 by halberenson

Consider the first sentence of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 4272 published in 2006 and be afraid, be very afraid.  It reads “Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4), along with a host of other infrastructure protocols designed before the Internet … Continue reading →

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When are we going to get serious about computer/network security (Part 1)?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by halberenson

I’m going to start a little series of posts to demonstrate that “we” aren’t serious about computer and network security. By “we” I mean everyone from individual users of mobile phones and computers through to the government, telecommunications carriers, and … Continue reading →

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The rebirth of True Mountain Group

Posted on January 16, 2011 by halberenson

After I retired from Microsoft in 2002 I started doing some part-time consulting for fun, to keep my hand in the IT world, and of course for a little extra spending money.  I put that business, True Mountain Group LLC, on hold … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Essentials

Posted on July 20, 2009 by halberenson

A little housekeeping before I talk about MSE….  I’m going to be starting a separate blog for work-related items and will post the address for that when it is ready.  I mention that because this blog entry is about something … Continue reading →

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