Stories by By J.F. Rice

Making a hash of passwords

Last week, I went to a project meeting so I could provide security insights as some consulting software developers updated us on the customer-facing application they're building for us. But I was dumbfounded when they asked me, "How should we encrypt the passwords?" Will developers never learn? 

By J.F. Rice | 03 Dec | Read more

Are breaches inevitable?

Is there a reason that data breaches have been happening at a rapid clip lately? And is there more that we, as <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/article/2487265/security0/security-manager-s-journal--cyberattacks-just-got-personal.html">security managers, should be doing to make sure that our own companies don't join the ranks of the breached</a>?

By J.F. Rice | 04 Sep | Read more