Ten laws of security I found on
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Law #1: If a bad guy can persuade you to run his program on your computer, it's not your computer anymore
Law #2: If a bad guy can alter the operating system on your computer, it's not your computer anymore
Law #3: If a bad guy has unrestricted physical access to your computer, it's not your computer anymore
Law #4: If you allow a bad guy to upload programs to your website, it's not your website any more
Law #5: Weak passwords trump strong security
Law #6: A computer is only as secure as the administrator is trustworthy
Law #7: Encrypted data is only as secure as the decryption key
Law #8: An out of date virus scanner is only marginally better than no virus scanner at all
Law #9: Absolute anonymity isn't practical, in real life or on the Web
Law #10: Technology is not a panacea
Well, Brandon, I'm certainly becoming more paranoid! Do you think that virus scans and other tools keep our computers safe from hackers?
ReplyDeleteYeah my Facebook just got hacked today. I'm starting to think Prof. Zappala's method of having a separate password for each of my different accounts isn't such a crazy idea after all.
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