Security awareness quiz questions
Ashar Javed had an interesting idea to create security awareness quiz questions and asked me if I wanted to cooperate. The idea is to make this a community effort and make these questions
Security
A collection of 47 posts
Every day should be World Password Day
On May 7 it was World Password Day. A day on which a lot of awareness about password security is shared. A lot of good advice but unfortunately also a lot of misleading,
Encoding != Encryption != Hashing
This is a very quick and highly simplified explanation about encoding, encryption and hashing and how they are different. Today I tweeted this: encoding != encryption != hashing You can decode, decrypt but there'
My favorite security quotes
I love good security quotes, aphorisms and statements because they often hold a lot of truth and wisdom. That's why I decided to bundle the ones I like in a blog. I can't
SMS based 2FA is better than no 2FA
Two layers of defense are better than one layer of defense. This seems logic. But every now and then I end up in a discussion - mainly on Twitter - where people tell
Easy to detect signs of bad website security
A website is a company’s online business card. It’s a bad sight when it’s poorly designed and developed and users consequentially encounter a lot of difficulties using it. Luckily a
Online security is an ongoing process
This is the 31st and last post in my Cyber Security Awareness Month blog series. I will do a short recap of what I covered in this series, but I also want to
Why you should keep your software up to date
Out of date or not regularly updated operating systems and applications put you at risk because they have a lot of vulnerabilities. Many of these vulnerabilities can be easily detected and exploited by
Be careful what you share
Would you tell a total stranger your password? The obvious reaction is: "Of course not!" But look at this video. Some people just straight away tell what their password is when they're asked
Anti theft measures for portable devices
In today's post some quick tips to protect your portable devices, and the data they contain, from theft. I'll also tell you what you can do if your device gets stolen. Keep your
Why security matters when you buy a smartphone
People use their smartphone, that's continuously connected to the internet, more than any other device. While it's the entry point to their entire digital life, strangely enough for most people security is not
Security and privacy enhancing tools
With the blogs in this series I want to reach not only my typical audience, security professionals, but especially less security aware people to help them improve their personal security. If you think