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Review of Technology Education & Business Alliance Meeting

May 3, 2009

I attended the most recent Technology Education Business Alliance (TEBA) meeting on Friday. There were approximately 25-30 people in attendance at the Cheyenne campus of the College of Southern Nevada and approximately 20 or so at the northern campuses. The topics discussed were the Tech Prep Program for high school students, and the Nevada Information [...]

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I Botnet

March 18, 2009

Botnets are big news these days and for good reason. They are big business for criminal organizations, and a bane for the average computer user. They are also very interesting to study. This week I read two articles about botnets that really have little to do with botnets themselves, but about ethical decisions made by [...]

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Coleman Exposed Database: A Study in Ethics

March 13, 2009

I saw a segment on The Rachel Maddow Show tonight that bothered me a great deal. The segment was about how Adria Richards found and publicized a vulnerability on the Coleman for Senate website. There are a couple of reasons this segment bothered me. First, the way she exposed the vulnerability was unethical. Ms. Richards [...]

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Security Awareness

March 9, 2009

This week’s topic in my MSIA course is Security Awareness. I am amazed how little awareness of security issues exists out there. This is not a sexy or exciting subject to be sure, but it has to be one of the best ROI you can have in a business. It costs very little to increase [...]

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