I’m starting 2012 optimistically. I have a few goals for the year: Achieve my CISSP certification. Finish the renovations to the basement. Find time to start running again. As a ways to an end, I have joined a CISSP study group, loaded some study resources on my iPod and ebook reader, and will take the bus [...]
Read more →Today is National IT Day in Canada. I guess this is the day I get some respect… Hmm. Nothing yet. Guess I’ll keep waiting. http://www.nationalitday.ca/
Read more →A few good articles I read today: Tool lets low-end PC crash much more powerful webserver Hackers have released software that they say allows a single computer to knock servers offline by targeting a well-documented flaw in secure sockets layer implementations. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/ssl_dos_tool_released/ Down the Rabbithole Podcast Episode 4 – Effective Small Business Security http://podcast.wh1t3rabbit.net/down-the-rabbithole-episode-4-effective-small-business-security [...]
Read more →I’ve been reading eWeek on and off for quite a few years now. They bill themselves as: Enterprise IT’s trusted source for product information in an actionable context, including expert labs analysis and practical tools for evaluating, acquiring, installing, configuring and maintaining technology products and services. It’s a trade magazine for Enterprise IT professionals. If you qualify, [...]
Read more →You know, probably not the best words in an article about lost patient records to link ads from if you want your website to look legit. Just saying…
Read more →Picture this, you walk up to an ATM belonging to your bank and find the error below on the screen. Do you change banks?
Read more →The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the United States has set October as Nati0nal Cybersecurity Awareness month. Despite choosing one month to bring public awareness to cybersecurity, most security professionals recommend practicing cybersecurity year round, not just in October. You’ll probably want to think about things on the list below during October. Anti-Virus Firewalls [...]
Read more →Tomorrow is the Internet Society’s World IPv6 day. On June 8th, many major world organizations (including Google, Akamai and Yahoo!) will be turning on IPv6 services for a 24 hour test. More information can be found here.
Read more →Turns out that there’s a BBC journalist who shares the same name as me. He’s in the Ivory Coast and was reporting on the CBC World Report news this morning. In other news, we don’t look alike. So, if you happen to run into him in Ivory Coast, he’s not me. Interestingly enough, there are [...]
Read more →I’m almost certain, that if I had a therapist, I’d be told that I should talk about how I feel. I’m upset. I’m frustrated. I’m stressed. I went downstairs to the basement last night, innocently enough. I was looking for some rain pants. I wasn’t expecting the splash. Who expects that? Who expects [...]
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