There, I said it: stop listening to information security people. Before you fire your security vendors, disable those perimeter defenses and toss your security development processes to the fire there’s more to this story you should know. On the front page of MSN.com this morning, there was an article entitled “Stop Listening to Suze Orman” and it reminded [...]
Once again, I am proud to announce that Impacta’s security researchers got recognized again by Microsoft Corporation for helping Microsoft make their online services safer by finding and reporting security vulnerabilities for the month of January 2009. Impacta has been continually recognized by Microsoft month over month since 2007, and we look forward to continuing our [...]
I opened up my Web browser this morning and on the front page of MSN.com (yes, yes … I confess my default homepage is still set to MSN) was this article about the dangers of online banking. The article was pretty well written, and it brought to light some very practical things people can do to better protect [...]
Impacta’s security researchers gets recognized again by Microsoft Corporation for helping Microsoft make their online services safer by finding and reporting security vulnerabilities for the month of December 2008. Impacta has been continually recognized by Microsoft month over month since 2007, and we look forward to continuing our work with Microsoft. See Microsoft’s online security researcher acknowledgement [...]
My friend emailed me today and said that her company’s IT department was warning users about a phishing email that was circulating around supposedly from IKEA. (This by the way is an example of a great IT department: they don’t rely on just technology – people and process are also part of their security solution, kudos to them!) [...]
Hey everyone, I got several emails recently (in response to this blog posting) regarding how you can get a hold of a copy of Assessing Network Security (ISBN: 9780735620339, Microsoft Press) that myself, David LeBlanc and Ben Smith co-authored a few years back in 2004. Amazon. Amazon.com has some pretty great reviews of it, however I don’t [...]
I was reading through an article last night about the 25 greatest blunders in technology history and was happily strolling through memory lane (what are Palm Pilots, PS/2s and Apple Newtons anyways? :p) and then got quite a surprise at the very end of the article. The number one technology failure of all time according to the [...]
2008 was an amazing year for Impacta, so I am proud to announce that we donated nearly 10% of gross profits for 2008 to local charities and organizations in and around the Seattle area, including the Seattle Humane Society. Giving back to the community has always been a key tenet of Impacta’s core values, and we look forward [...]
At Impacta, one of the core values we have is to always innovate. Find new, better and more creative ways to solve today and tomorrow’s online risk (security, privacy, etc.) problems. In fact, our company motto is literally ”Innovations that Inpsire” to speak to that core value. I just had one of those unexpected moments today that [...]
Impacta’s security researchers gets recognized by Microsoft Corporation for helping Microsoft make their online services safer by finding and reporting security vulnerabilities for the month of November 2008. See Microsoft’s online security researcher acknowledgement page for more information. –Kevin
