Data Security

Instant information, instant entertainment, instant communications to and from anywhere in the world, with anyone is fantastic. It’s all been brought to us by the computer and communications industries. It’s a lot like Forrest Gump’s magic shoes, “They could take me anywhere.” The problem is a lot of other people also have magic shoes. Some good. Increasingly, some bad. Some just a major pain in the behind. The good varies as to your needs and tastes. Read more

The Working Bad Folks
The bad are the growing number of Black Hatters, Doom9ers, hackers, cyberthieves and cyberspies. These folks are dedicated and ingenious. And…they work really hard at their job! They’re rather like rodents. They find software holes even the most conscientious programmers never thought were there. They spend hours and days testing, probing, tickling and trying to grab your information. Sometimes it is hard and they really have to work at it. Most of the time it is surprisingly simple (as long as you’re bent on doing bad things). Sometimes … we do it to ourselves! It’s called click fraud and it is virtually unstoppable.