June 7, 2016
Security Control Baseline “Tabletop Review”
Let’s take a look at some strategies for reviewing the Security Control Baseline and creating “action plans” for implementation.
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June 1, 2016
Security Control Spotlight: Inheritance
Security Control Inheritance is one of the most powerful tools available to facilitate the RMF process.
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April 27, 2016
Learning More About Apple iOS9 MAC Address Randomization
Apple uses a variety of scans for wireless LAN/physical location information. There are Preferred Network Offload (PNO) Scans, Enhanced Preferred Network…
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March 11, 2016
Security+ CEU Question and Answer
I recently had a client who had a Security+ certification that was about to expire and he asked me a question that I wanted to share with our readers.
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March 1, 2016
Top Ten: Questions for your Authorizing Official
The importance of the Authorizing Official (AO) in the RMF process is self evident.
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February 18, 2016
The Danger of Transparent Encryption
With all the renewed furor over the government attempting to force Apple to backdoor iOS devices so the FBI can inspect the phone of the San Bernardino…
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January 25, 2016
The Altruism of IPv6
Colin discusses the slow migration to IPv6: who pays for the migration versus who gains the biggest benefit. An altruism problem.
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January 24, 2016
You Geek? I Geek.
When is the last time you sat down at your desk and really went full-geek on something just because you found it fascinating?
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January 19, 2016
A Somewhat Brief Explanation of Password Entropy
In this post Colin explores password entropy and what it means in terms of password strength.
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