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May 01, 2012 | Terry Luschen: Authentication with Salesforce

When starting a project in Salesforce one of the first discussions is usually around how to authenticate the users. There are many options and I would like to list some of them for you….

April 27, 2011 | Anthony Suda: Google Data Centers

Here’s a great look inside one of Google’s data centers.

December 21, 2010 | Nick Green: Happy New Year, I can hack your facebook from here

While unsecured networks have always left us vulnerable to hackers, Firesheep brings that to a new level of one-click ease for anyone interested.  Your social media passwords are likely more vulnerable than you realize.

October 28, 2010 | Anthony Suda: Google Apps and Android Device Policy

Google recently announced that with the adoption of so many Android devices (over 200,000 activations every day), they are launching new administrative controls that will make these devices more secure for businesses.

August 30, 2010 | Ron Lee: Fighting Fraud on Debit Card Transactions Takes a New Twist

Here’s a message greeting customers of Bonneville Bank in Provo, Utah. “Alert! Due to the high amounts of fraudulent card activity in California, Florida, and Georgia, you will be required to use your PIN number for Debit Card transactions in these states.  No signature transactions will be allowed.” It’s potentially a “get tough on fraud” move that could be coming soon to a bank and debit card near you.

May 13, 2010 | Lee Schwartz: Facebook’s Privacy Policy, Simplified. (Yes, that’s sarcasm.)

Facebook has done it. They’ve finally made their privacy policy even longer than the U.S. Constitution.

Maybe this chart from NYTimes.com might help you?

April 07, 2010 | Chuck Tomanek: Force.com Gets Serious About Security

With Salesforce.com continuing to expand its Force.com platform, it will become increasingly important to educate developers on possible security vulnerabilities as well as tools and methods available to help avoid falling victim to those vulnerabilities. Force.com recently introduced a new “Secure Cloud Development” section to its Developerforce site that attempts to alert developers to these issues as well as offer suggestions and tools for correcting them.

March 17, 2010 | Ron Lee: Keylogging could be leading to student grade inflation

In a life-imitates-art plot resembling a scene from the movie comedy Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, it appears that a handful of students from Maryland’s Winston Churchill High School allegedly could have used special USB-based keylogging devices to gain access to teachers’ passwords, enabling the grades of 54 students to be changed in the school’s grading system.  The Washington Post has been following this story.

May 26, 2009 | Ben Hamilton: Passpack Online Password Storage Review

I hate passwords. I forget them all the time. That’s why I use “123456” as my password for everything. Although this has led to having my all the money siphoned from my bank account on several occasions, Sundog pays me half my check in Dt. Mountain Dew, so it hasn’t been too bad. Unfortunately, due to being 6 months behind on my rent, I’ve been forced to explore a more secure solution for my password issues.

February 09, 2009 | Jason Gibb: Information Security = Web Application Security

It’s not a question of “if” but “when.” In the past, corporate information security meant firewalls, strong passwords, virus protection, operating system updates, and physical security. While all of these techniques are still important, in an age of massively interconnected systems these basic security measures are no longer enough.

December 23, 2008 | Paul Bourdeaux: SD West Offers Testing & Quality Track (plus a shameless plug)

SD West 2009, one of the country’s premier platform independent software development conferences, is once again offering a track that is near and dear to my heart.  The Testing & Quality track presents the latest information and best practices on testing, process improvement and quality, along with leading-edge thinking as to how software should be built.  And rumor has it that there is a GREAT session called Code Coverage Revealed: Getting Effective Coverage Analysis from Software Unit Testing…

October 21, 2008 | Jason Gibb: Google Says You Are Vulnerable

Attention webmasters: Google wants you to know your site has security vulnerabilities. As part of their online webmaster tools, Google is now providing free notifications of common web server security problems.