Security+ Question of the Week: Vishing
What is vishing?
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Security+ Question of the Week: Social Engineering Tactic
What social engineering tactic grants an unauthorized person access to a secured area without the consent of the authorized person?
Read moreThinking Inside The Box About System Boundaries and Compliance
About 100 years ago, a brain teaser known as the nine-dot puzzle appeared in the Cyclopedia of Puzzles. It is fairly simple in principle, but it can be quite challenging for many people when they see it for the first time. An array of nine dots, equally spaced in a square pattern are presented with the challenge to connect all the dots with four straight lines without lifting the pencil from the page. The solution to the puzzle requires that lines go beyond the boundaries of the imaginary box that is formed by the outer set of dots. Since most people will limit themselves to the invisible borders formed by the dots, the solution can be elusive.
Read moreSecurity+ Question of the Week: Screen Film
Screen film, used to reduce the angle of visibility on a monitor, protects against what form of attack?
Read moreOn Being an IT Rock Star
If you want to be a rock star in IT, forget those words. Today’s successful IT team is not a collection of stars or star wannabes. Today’s successful IT teams are collections of people who broadly understand what each person is doing while narrowly focusing on their own tasks to support the team’s goals and the overall organization direction.
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