Yazan: admin | 31 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: CISSP Study Helps
How Difficult is the CISSP?
The CISSP is not easy. I’ve heard MCSE’s with 10-20 years have say it was the hardest test they’ve ever taken and was exhausting. Then again I’ve heard others say it wasn’t that bad. The certification isn’t to be taken lightly. What is critical so you don’t waste [...]
Yazan: admin | 25 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: CISSP Study Helps
CISSP - The Basics of Certified Information Systems Security Professional and The Best Strategy for Learning the 10 Domains of the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge
Learning CISSP Test Essentials and Concepts
Understanding them Well
Studying them
Practice Tests (various sources and perspectives)
Repetition of review of essentials and concepts
Repetition of CISSP questions
Free CISSP Online Training Shon Harris Videos & [...]
Yazan: admin | 23 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Risk & Trust in Security
What does “trust but verify” mean?
Trust but verify means you allow something to occur or you allow a certain person to have something (instead of disallowing it)…but…because you either don’t trust
Human nature in general
That person in particular for whatever reason
Whatever other bias you may have, right or wrong…
Or you have some info that definitely tells [...]
Yazan: admin | 18 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Online Security
My Project that Compared 5 Anti Spyware and Anti Malware Programs…
I compared 5 Antispyware programs a while back and want to share my results with you.
The 5 Antispyware and Antimalware I compared included:
Adaware by Lavasoft
F-Secure’s anti-adware program
Webroot Spy Sweeper
Spybot Search and Destroy
Spy Hunter
Areas I’ll Cover for Each:
General Description
What I Liked
What I Disliked
Misc Notes and Lessons [...]
Yazan: admin | 11 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Financial Security
If I were to give you any advice about How to Secure Your Financial Future, here they are:
1. Be prepared. Always have an emergency slush savings fund or worst case credit card that has all available credit and keep it locked in a safe or back (card, or money respectively)
2. Do your own homework. [...]
Yazan: admin | 05 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Security 101
These are just the basics to secure your files and information…
1. Practice good physical security. Limit access and have key control. Lock things up. Keep the key with you. Don’t hide a spare key under the rug.
2. Practice good computer security. Use passwords. Keep passwords safe. Secure your computer [...]
Yazan: admin | 04 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Resources
The constitution guarantees a certain amount of privacy for U.S. citizens
The fourth amendment to the United States Constitution mentions “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated”.
Americans do have a right to privacy, and again that’s according to the [...]
Yazan: admin | 02 October 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Privacy 101
Everything On You Is Out There - Is Privacy Possible Anymore?
Yes it is, but it will prove increasingly difficult. We seem to be sacrificing convenience and other things for privacy, and therefore for freedom. We may be doing this without knowing it.
Using the Internet, anyone can get everything they can on you because there is [...]