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Earthlink and Process Insecurity

About a year ago, I opened a dialup Internet access account with Earthlink using their ‘secure live sales chat’ feature. "Why a dialup account in this day of high speed internet?", I hear you ask. Because we were renting a … Continue reading
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Identity Theft? That’s Not Our Problem!

A couple of years ago, Cosaint rolled out a course called "Avoiding Identity Theft". Since that date, most of our clients have picked it up and provided it to their students and it’s been very well received. But sometimes, when … Continue reading
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Spear Phishing?

In today’s news, phishing is still on the rise. The trends are inexorable and disturbing – shown here are figures from the Anti Phishing Working Group’s most recent Phishing Activities Trends Report. And this report from eWeek in November 2006 … Continue reading
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Support Arrangements For Your Security Awareness Training Program

Over the last 5 years, Cosaint has hosted a lot of security awareness training (SAT) portals for clients. And, in the process, we’ve learned a great deal about how to organize support (and quite a bit about how not to … Continue reading
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