Perhaps you heard some news about 100k+ iPad user emails and other info getting exposed? Well turns out that the leak happened due to an unprotected AT&T web server, not due to any flaws related to Apple’s iPad. What’s interesting about this story is not the data leak itself, but rather how it seems that [...]
That was a quote from Barry Briggs, CTO for Microsoft’s internal IT department, from the article at http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/05/microsoft_cto_cloud_computiing_an_inevitable_tidal_wave.html. In the article Mr. Barry was asked what he thought might slow down the growth or adoption of clouds and he brought up the topic of cloud security and some of the security question marks around this topic. If [...]
“OK … here comes the pain …” –Scarface In August 2009, I booted up the home computer to offload some photos taken during a recent trip across Europe only to find (to my “delight” of course) that both primary and backup drives had failed. Failed drives on a home computer. No big deal normally; however [...]
Hey All, With 2010 arriving soon, just wanted to give thanks to our customers and say what a great year 2009 was for this company. When I look back on 2009, here are some of the highlights that come to mind: Delivering some really outstanding results to our customers (we never talk about specific findings, [...]
Last week I came across two stories about PayChoice (a payroll processing company) and the United States National Security Agency (NSA) getting hacked and really didn’t think twice about them. Every organization is susceptible to online risk regardless of best-efforts employed, in-house expertise yada yada. A trip to Vancouver, British Columbia this past weekend however got me thinking deeper about those stories and the lessons [...]
It’s been a while since the last post, but I am happy to report that things are really cranking behind the scenes here at Impacta. We’ll have some exciting service/product releases coming up soon that will really help our customers reduce their online risk. You can follow us on Twitter if you have not already done [...]
I was following some of the news stories on television (mostly pieces about Michael Jackson memorial service, and the shape of the economy, etc.) when a news story broke out that the websites for the United States White House, several other government sites and the NASDAQ where under cyber attack! Allegedly the attacks were originating from Northern [...]
Impacta was once again recognized by Microsoft Corporation in the month of May 2009 for helping them to find vulnerabilities in their online services and protecting their customers through responsible reporting. Check out Microsoft’s security researcher acknowledgement page for more information. –Kevin
Once again, I am proud to announce that Impacta was recognized by Microsoft Corporation for helping them to find vulnerabilities in their online services and protecting their customers through responsible reporting for the month of April 2009. Check out Microsoft’s security researcher acknowledgement page for more information. –Kevin
Microsoft TechEd 2009 is now a wrap! My session took home some pretty high scores and from the looks of the evaluations so far at least within the top 10 in the security, identity and access tracks, possibly top 5! By this time next year, I am hopeful that one of the key preventative online risk technologies [...]
