[su_dropcap style=”simple”]O[/su_dropcap]ur society is a lot more “cash-less” now than it has ever been, yet we’re getting robbed more often. When I was in college studying economics, one professor taught us “macroeconomics”. Macroeconomics is the study of the economy as a whole. For example the amount of actual currency out in the world would be […]

If I were a C-level person, meaning Chief Executive Officer(CEO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Bottle Washer (CBO)… I would certainly bring up certain questions regarding my company’s data security and what will, can or even could happen if the hackers get in. Sure, all these folks […]

So, I went to Zappos.com for the first time today. I thought I would see what they had to say about this weekend’s announcement that just about everyone who shopped there has had their information stolen (well, 24 million people, which may or may not be “everyone” who shopped there, but man, that’s a lot […]

If 2011 was “The Year of the Data Breach”, then 2012 is fast becoming “The Year Anonymous Became Public Enemy # 1!” Anonymous, Anonymouse, and “tools”, are all terms I have used to describe this decentralized group of computer operators who use their skills to harass, embarass and otherwise annoy. If you think they’re going […]

Last Friday, I was reading my daily dose of Brian Krebs’ blog, KrebsOnSecurity.com, and read his story about a company called Global Payments Inc. being hacked. He didn’t name the company on Friday, the Wall Street Journal did later in a story. Either way, we now know the company’s name now.

Way back in law school we learned a term called the “slippery slope.” In academia, it usually has a negative connotation because it usually means…”the beginning of the end.”