Archive for May, 2008

Configuring and maintaining securely is critically important to keep electronic trespassers and eavesdroppers away from your wireless networks and sensitive data.

The following are best practices and standards recommended for wireless security:

1. Develop a wireless security policy.
2. Periodically assess risks of your wireless networks.
3. Periodically test and evaluate your wireless security controls.
4. Develop a secure wireless architecture that is consistent with your policy.
5. Develop your wireless security plans, factoring in performance, usability and risks supporting your architecture and policy.
6. Maintain a secure wireless network on an ongoing basis.

Read entire article on Managing Security Risks in a Wireless World (reprinted and better formatted) - Here

By design, Web applications are set up to process and present information, generally without the installation of any custom software on the user’s system. All the user needs to view information is a browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. With the current generation of Web application technologies (Web 2.0), Web pages no longer are plain vanilla and static but instead are rich user interfaces that are dynamic. Information is no longer merely presented but can now be interacted with per the user’s personal interests.

Herein lies the problem. If presenting the information is not properly protected, Web applications can suffer from TMI Syndrome (TMIS). TMI, an abbreviation for Too Much Information, according to Wikipedia is a slang expression indicating that someone has divulged too much personal information and made the listener uncomfortable. When Web applications suffer from TMI Syndrome, they divulge more information than is necessary, unsolicited or otherwise. Read entire article on TMI Syndrome in Web Applications - Here

A related Yahoo Video on Hackers targeting social networks.