No matter how good a password is, it provides little to no security if it is not stored and managed properly. Unfortunately, many online services have heinously-poor security practices. But that does not mean yours has to.
Following on from last week’s post, today we will look at how to make better passwords, how to manage them and how to detect potentially insecure Web sites before giving them a password. If you missed the previous post, you … Continue reading
What used to be considered a secure password is far from it now. See why and how to improve the situation for yourself, your products and your business. Continue reading
Did you know that the reading level at which you write your blog post (say, 6th grade level versus 11th grade level) can have a lot to do with how much the post is shared on social media? Continue reading
Federated Media recently celebrated its 7-year anniversary and, in honor of that, I invite you to look back with me at the world of tech then versus now. A good place to start is CES. CNET’s “Best of Show” awards … Continue reading
Yesterday I presented some facts about Conversation Targeting at the Semantic Technology and Business conference — a crowd of experts in semantic technology and applications. We had a real breakthrough to talk about, with the stats to back it up. Continue reading
Today, Digiday featured an article about the ongoing debate of apps vs. mobile Web. It is not a new issue on the mobile platform and, one could argue, not even a new issue in the tech world. Native apps for … Continue reading
Here’s my real-life story of how data retention can save your property and help put a criminal behind bars. I’ll include some tips on how you can protect your home and your possessions via good data practices, like I did. … Continue reading
Like many data-centric companies, we use Hadoop to routinely process large data sets on an hourly and daily basis. While Hadoop offers a great model for scaling data processing applications through its distributed file system (HDFS), Map/Reduce and numerous add-ons including … Continue reading
Think your wireless network is safe? You may have succumbed to one or more very common Wi-Fi security myths. With these wireless security facts, you can get on the right track to make your home or office network safer. Continue reading