http://secureportability.com All you need to know about portability and security... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:57:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en http://secureportability.com/2010/02/happy-new-year-%e6%98%a5%e8%8a%82%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90%ef%bc%81/ http://secureportability.com/2010/02/happy-new-year-%e6%98%a5%e8%8a%82%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90%ef%bc%81/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:44:46 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=154 http://secureportability.com/2010/02/happy-new-year-%e6%98%a5%e8%8a%82%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90%ef%bc%81/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2009/06/my-questions-to-kingston-about-128gb-flash/ http://secureportability.com/2009/06/my-questions-to-kingston-about-128gb-flash/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:18:52 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=142 Kingston Technology First to Market with 128GB USB Flash Drive Large Capacity, Password Protection… and questions I would like to ask… Kingston announced the Data Traveler 200. Let’s see what is behind the announcement. 1. My first concern is about the price. DT200/128GB   DataTraveler 200 128GB Black   - $ 546.00 Will you dare paying a price of full-scale laptop for a pen [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2009/06/my-questions-to-kingston-about-128gb-flash/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2009/06/insider-is-close/ http://secureportability.com/2009/06/insider-is-close/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:03:45 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=139 Cyber-Ark’s security survey proved again that “Over a third of IT staff admit to abusing admin rights to snoop at confidential information” They questioned over 400 IT staff in the US and the UK for its third annual ‘Trust, Security and Passwords’ survey. What is really amazing: there is “six-fold increase on last year in the number of [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2009/06/insider-is-close/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2009/02/it-dao-part-i/ http://secureportability.com/2009/02/it-dao-part-i/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:19:33 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=135 IT Lao Shit is an IT guru. He is so old that the First Computer remembers him. He saw the birth of the first computer virus and watched the growth of the internet. He knows all about data protection. He gives free advice and teaches young admins. He invented his way, the IT Dao, the [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2009/02/it-dao-part-i/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2009/02/false-face-recognition/ http://secureportability.com/2009/02/false-face-recognition/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:38:45 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=118 A Vietnamese researcher demonstrated at Black Hat DC how he and his colleagues were able to easily spoof and bypass biometric systems that authenticate users by scanning their faces Sounds familiar? Yes, I am saying this again – biometrics is not a security solution, especially the face biometrics. When in 2001 Tampa Airport (Tampa, Florida) was the [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2009/02/false-face-recognition/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2009/02/destroy-not-delete/ http://secureportability.com/2009/02/destroy-not-delete/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:13:51 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=113 Dear all, I am back. For a long time I was far away from this blog and from you. Now I have a new job, a new title, a new address and new news for you. The first thing I would like to tell you after a few months of silence is a story about deleting personal [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2009/02/destroy-not-delete/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2008/08/passwords-are-like-underwear/ http://secureportability.com/2008/08/passwords-are-like-underwear/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:08:24 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=108 “Passwords are like underwear. Change them often, do not share them and do not leave them out for everyone to see” – this is a sentence I liked very much. It appeared in the discussions of the nice post in the Internet Evolution blog.  They issued the survey result. It’s curious to know that over 42% of users admit [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2008/08/passwords-are-like-underwear/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2008/08/virology-news-crypto-trojan-%e2%80%9cgpcode%e2%80%9d/ http://secureportability.com/2008/08/virology-news-crypto-trojan-%e2%80%9cgpcode%e2%80%9d/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:01:57 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=104 Dear reader, As you have already noticed we were not active few days. Some of you could also notice that we were absent for the period of the highest tension between Russia and Georgia. Yes, our company is running some projects there, on the territory of the conflict. Some day we will probably write about this [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2008/08/virology-news-crypto-trojan-%e2%80%9cgpcode%e2%80%9d/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2008/08/going-biometric/ http://secureportability.com/2008/08/going-biometric/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:11:01 +0000 Admin http://secureportability.com/?p=102 1999 International Civil Aviation Organisation begins study into possibility of worldwide use of travel documents carrying biometric data 2002 After 9/11 US announces all passports issued from 2006 and used to enter the country must contain biometric information or holder will require a visa 2006 Britain and many EU countries introduce biometric passports 2008 45 countries have introduced [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2008/08/going-biometric/feed/ http://secureportability.com/2008/08/biometric-hazard/ http://secureportability.com/2008/08/biometric-hazard/#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:55:46 +0000 patholog http://secureportability.com/?p=99 Another country has started to form a biometric database. Israel, welcome to the club! Israeli Government approves bill calling for creation of database of all Israeli citizens. Data to include fingerprints, computerized facial features embedded on IDs, passports. The government approved Sunday a motion calling for the establishment of a biometric database by the Ministry of Interior [...]]]> http://secureportability.com/2008/08/biometric-hazard/feed/