Summer Cybersecurity Events in the Twin Cities

Summer in the Twin Cities finds a lot of cybersecurity seminars, events, and cons.  If you are a cybersecurity professional living in or near the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, here are several great opportunities to learn new things, stay current, in the field, network with associates, and earn CPE or CEUs for your certification maintenance.

Secure360 2017

May 16-17, 2017
Pre-conference: May 15, 2017

Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 2nd Ave S.
Minneapolis, MN 55403

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24
MAR
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cybersecurity

The Top Cybersecurity Strategies That Prevent Targeted Attacks

According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), there are seven strategies that will prevent 85% of targeted attacks.  To this list I have added a few of my favorites.

  • Password Manager Programs – If you are truly going to have dozens or hundreds of unique and long passwords, you will need the help of a password manager program to keep them all straight, and ...
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22
MAR
0

authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, passwords, Security, smartphones, Software vulnerability

Securing Your Social Networks

Social networks are a tremendous source of personal information leakage.  Actually, more like a waterfall.  As we learned in the last post, attackers use social networks to perform reconnaissance against their chosen targets.  Since few of us are going to delete all our social network accounts and move of the grid, we have to find a way to live ...

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20
MAR
0

authentication, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Facebook, Identity Theft, passwords, Security

Protecting Your Professional Reputation

Controlling your professional information can mean managing the information you disclose on professional networking sites such as LinkedIn.  It can also mean protecting the client and employee information you have gathered through your employment.   It may mean securing your computer network from outside and inside attackers, or your website from compromise.  It may mean properly securing online assets ...

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17
MAR
0

authentication, backup, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Security, smartphones

Keeping Your Personal Information Secure

Certain personal records are a gold mine for cyber-criminals and identity thieves.  Highly targeted personal information include your medical records, tax information, social security number, driver’s license, and even odd bits such as utility bills, and retail or airline loyalty rewards points.  Any of this information can be sold on the Dark Web, or used directly to get free ...

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15
MAR
0

Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Dark Web, Identity Theft, Security

Protecting Your Financial Assets

Almost all cyber-crime is about making money for the crooks.  Often this involves stealing valuable information that can be sold.  But many criminal gangs are going straight for the cash, and often this involves bank and financial account fraud or financial account access.

Below we have a list of strategies you can use to protect your financial resources.

  • Use a credit ...
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13
MAR
0

Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, passwords, Phishing, Security

Sunday Funnies: Cursing Explained

Some people curse for emphasis, and I am one of those people.  As an old English major, i hold to the belief that words are just words, and only have the power we give them.  I always have to be super diligent when I am presenting in public, because the odd swear word occasionally appears, and I have heard from the people who were offended by that.

It turns out, according to the BBC, that swearing has a pain-relieving ...

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12
MAR
0

Sunday Funnies

Don’t Make Yourself A Target

Many social network sites make it too easy to overshare personal information.  An innocent post to Twitter or Facebook, or pictures uploaded to SnapChat or Instagram can help a criminal target you.  Online posts that identify your location, your travel and vacation plans, your employer, your home, and your personal possessions can be used by criminals to plan an crime. ...

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10
MAR
0

Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, Security

Keeping Your Personal Data Safe – Is It Impossible?

Believe it or not, two out of three people in the United States have had their personal information stolen by cyber-criminals.  The likelihood is that this has already happened to you, and if not, it will happen eventually.  And if it has happened, it will probably happen again.  Why is this?

Even if you never click on a phishing email, ...

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8
MAR
0

cybersecurity, encryption, Identity Theft, passwords, Phishing, Security, surveillance

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