Over in California, the RSA IT Security show kicks off…
Posted on 12 February 2011 by
This year the RSA Conference in San Francisco coincides with the Mobile World Congress resulting in a busy week for Gemalto’s Telecom and Enteprise Security teams.
Blogger profile: Jennifer Dean
Jen manages the marketing for PKI-based authentication solutions. Based in the weird city of Austin, Texas, Jen likes blogging about all things security, but especially about challenges IT professionals face to keep systems protected without completely antagonizing users. Prior to Thales, Jen spent five years in eBanking and financial services. Likes: dogs, Bavarian hefeweizen, sitting on the beach with a good book. Dislikes: sweet potatoes. Aspires to: write a novel.
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Just another word or two – passphrases vs passwords
Posted on 11 April 2012 by
We have blogged many miles of space about the dangers of protecting your business assets with a simple username and password solution. Now there is a new trend using passphrases as a beefed up type of authentication. The problem is, there’s not much meat to this solution. Passphrases are basically a group of dictionary words […]
Apple Mac users beware – charting the unknown waters of…
Posted on 18 May 2012 by
As a PC user who converted for a short time to Mac and came back to PC, I’m used to hearing the comments from Apple enthusiasts about the superior security and lack of virus threats on the Mac OS system. I took some heat for my decision to return to a PC from my Mac […]
The curious case of Felix Roque: Hacking for Dummies
Posted on 06 June 2012 by
Felix Roque, mayor of a New Jersey town (West New York) just minutes from downtown Manhattan, was arrested May 25th for hacking into a website that posted less than flattering comments about him and his administration. The now defunct site, www.recallroque.com, had been targeted by both Roque and his son, Joseph, since it was set […]
LinkedIn security breach: What’s your password?
Posted on 07 June 2012 by
Another major breach was announced in our social media world today. This time LinkedIn was the target and more than six million users are the potential victims. A Russian hacker claims the theft of 6,458,020 encrypted LinkedIn passwords and to prove it, posted the passwords on his website (thankfully without usernames). In addition, he asked […]
Gearing up for Windows 8
Posted on 10 July 2012 by
We have a long-standing partnership with Microsoft and work to ensure our solutions are fully compatible with all Windows Operating Systems. We recently participated in the Microsoft TechEd conference in Orlando, Florida, where we showcased the Gemalto one-time Windows logon with Direct Access on a Windows 8 tablet. Gemalto pre-sales and software engineers, Matthias Büchner […]