Computer security can simply be protecting your equipment and files from disgruntled employees, spies, and anything that goes bump in the night, but there is much more. Computer security helps ensure...
If you ask amateurs to act as front-line security personnel, you shouldn't be surprised when you get amateur security.
I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing you're screwed'.
Air travel survived decades of terrorism, including attacks which resulted in the deaths of everyone on the plane. It survived 9/11. It'll survive the next successful attack. The only real worry is th...
If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology.
There are two types of encryption: one that will prevent your sister from reading your diary and one that will prevent your government.
Terrorism isn't a crime against people or property. It's a crime against our minds, using the death of innocents and destruction of property to make us fearful. Terrorists use the media to magnify the...
People don't understand computers. Computers are magical boxes that do things. People believe what computers tell them.
When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to fi...