This week, the world learned of widespread and serious vulnerabilities in most central processing units (CPU). CPUs manage the instructions received from the hardware and software running on a computer. The vulnerabilities, named Meltdown and Spectre, affect virtually every computer existing today, in particular those with Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), Nvidia and Arm
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Privacy Tip #49 – Use a Passphrase Instead of a Password
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
I love to train employees on data privacy and security. It tends to be rather entertaining as I can tell crazy stories about real life scenarios about data breaches or compromises. The stories are quite beneficial, as most employees say “I would never do that!”
One of my favorite stories to tell, as it is…