by Brad Proctor | Sep 3, 2020 | Cybersecurity
Note: I have no affiliation with the City of Rocky Mount and have no insider knowledge outside what has been made publicly available either by press release or interviews with city officials. On August 14, 2020, my hometown of Rocky Mount, NC experienced a ransomware...
by Brad Proctor | Apr 24, 2019 | Cybersecurity, Tech
Microsoft is admitting in this new security baseline what many of those in IT Security already knew, forcing users to change passwords frequently creates a bigger risk. “Periodic password expiration is an ancient and obsolete mitigation of very low value” The question...
by Brad Proctor | Jun 17, 2018 | Apple, Cybersecurity
If you think Apple is intentionally making it harder for law enforcement to gain access to an iPhone, you don’t understand Apple. Apple’s decision here is to protect the customer data, any way possible. If they see a possible vulnerability, they fix it. If it happens...