Posted in Security on Feb 15th, 2013
The threat of hackers compromising not only your information, but confidential client files, means it is more urgent than ever to take steps to protect your online accounts and services. Fortunately, two-step authentication makes higher protection easy and seamless for today’s most popular web-based tools and services. Read the article, appearing in the February 2013 [...]
Posted in Security on Jan 11th, 2013
In the past two days I have received a Sans Security OUCH! Newsletter on security issues with Java from Oracle, followed by notices on technology media AND daily news media that the Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning to uninstall or disable JAVA because of a zero day exploit that has not been [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Disaster Planning, Ethics, Gmail, Security on Nov 15th, 2012
“In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First my Google account was taken over, then deleted. Next my Twitter account was compromised, and used as a platform to broadcast racist and homophobic messages. And worst of all, my AppleID account was broken into, and my hackers used it to remotely [...]
Posted in Security on Oct 5th, 2012
My new article in Slaw.ca “Five Steps for Added Security“: Most lawyers and law firms know what they should be doing to maintain a secure computing environment in order to comply with ethics rules regarding confidentiality, as well as data breach notification laws. This list includes maintaining firewalls and up-to-date anti-virus and anti-malware, maintaining vigilance [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Cloud Computing, Security on Aug 21st, 2012
The folks at the SANS Institute want to make it easier for small businesses and individuals to keep up with security risks. They offer two proactive and useful free resources to help keep up with new security threats, best practices, and security education. OUCH is a monthly newsletter in PDF that provides an overview of a security [...]
Posted in CBA LPMT News, Disaster Planning, Google, Marketing, Mobile, Privacy, Security on Apr 5th, 2012
Did you miss ABA TECHSHOW this year? Come to the LPM Committee meeting next Friday (4/13) from 12:15 PM – 1:30 to hear a few attendees favorite tips picked up at the show. Until then… ABA TECHSHOW 2012 – 60 Sites in 60 Minutes (The whole list) Again this year, the always exciting 60 Sites [...]
See my recent post to the SLAW.ca blog “Privacy Please!“: This post is already dated. Why? Because privacy – or the lack thereof – is daily news. Facebook just announced their privacy policy would be called a “data use policy”. Before that it was Google’s announcement that they would be combining all the data collected [...]
