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Posts tagged as “Data Retention”

New Year’s Security Check Up (Part II)

Kathleen Hyde 0

If you are like me, time is something that always seems like it is in short supply. That doesn’t mean I don’t try to make time or that I’m unorganized. It just means that my to do list, because of my many work and personal responsibilities, is always jam packed. Check and respond to email. Post to social media. Develop…

Happy Holidays—Secure Your New Devices!

Kathleen Hyde 0

Have you already shredded the paper and ripped off the plastic? Or are you beyond doing that…even if you are overjoyed whenever you get a new electronic tool from someone or somewhere?   Tool does sound so much better than gadget, doesn’t it? And yes, “somewhere” was intentional. I know many of us buy…

Can I Shred This?

Kathleen Hyde 0

Did you shudder when you first heard the experts pronounce we’d be a paperless society one day? Do you laugh now when you hear someone make the same announcement, mainly because based on experience, you know that it’s probably not true…or at least it won’t be for quite some time?…

Twitter’s “Change Your Password” Proves The Human Factor is Alive and Well

Kathleen Hyde 0

When Twitter announced on Thursday that every one of its 330 million plus users should update passwords immediately, the company was also quick to acknowledge – unlike Equifax – that the problem was one created by humans. A flaw had allowed the passwords to be stored, in plain text rather…