Earlier this month I had the opportunity to present to the Oregon Government Finance Officers Association on a panel with the FBI, the CIS from University of Oregon, and a lawyer. I've heard the guy from the FBI speak before and it's always enjoyable, but as I was listening to him this time I realiz...
In construction, a firewall is a wall in a building that prevents a fire from spreading to other parts of a building. These are super important and help protect people when a building is on fire so they can escape before the whole building burns up.
In the cyber world, a firewall h...
If you're like most of the people I run into, they're often asking "Do I need a VPN?" They've seen some ad from a VPN provider and are convinced they need it. But what is a VPN? For the sake of this conversation, we'll be talking about VPN's you would setup on your computer, not ones from ...
A lot of people come up to me and ask me "Do I need a VPN?" and I always respond the same way: "Maybe."
So let's dive a little deeper, and see when it makes sense to deploy a VPN. If you haven't already read our blog on what a VPN is, please do so here:
First of all, I know there are financial gurus I really respect who disagree with me on this, and that's fine because I'm not giving you financial advice, I'm giving you cyber security advice: Don't use a debit card. Especially don't use a debit card at shady stores that don't require the chip reade...
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