Tag: Security
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MFA Bugging You…
You listened to your IT guy and finally accepted that you need to use Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) for your important accounts. Fine. You even (reluctantly) installed the Authenticator app on your phone. Grrr. I know, it’s a pain. You are minding your own business; you are not even close to a computer… or maybe…
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Security Baselines in Intune
Okay, if you are a strong believer in cybersecurity, raise your hands. Okay, you can put them all down now. While I know there are people out there who believe that everything should be open to everyone, I doubt they are reading my blog. Next: If you bought/acquired/were gifted/found/inherited your current computer and, before doing…
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Covid-19 and Security Theatre
I was walking through the casino at Binion’s on Fremont Street, Las Vegas last weekend, and I couldn’t help think about an old friend. Dana Epp, one of the smartest people I know, and an IT security expert, introduced me to the term Security Theatre. I don’t remember how many years ago that was, but…
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Passwords Revisited… a post from a fellow MVP
Many of you know that I am a fanatic about changing passwords and password complexity. I have written time and again about the subject. (See Pass the Word…) I am also a big hater of what my friend Dana Epp refers to as ‘Security Theatre.’ I have often berated people at Rogers, AT&T, and a…
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The Shoemaker is No Longer Barefoot!
This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/2012/09/13/the-shoemaker-is-no-longer-barefoot.aspx. For years I have been espousing the need to and value of locking down client workstations in a corporate environment. Part of the SWMI Story – the secure, well-managed IT infrastructure for which I named my…
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Logon Options in Windows 8
The three-fingers salute is gone. Okay, that is not entirely true, but if your computer is not domain-joined, you will no longer need to press Ctrl-Alt-Del to log onto Windows. That doesn’t mean that you won’t be asked for a password… However, built into Windows 8 there are two new ways to log on: PIN…
