General security

Interview: CEO Mark Aiello of The Revolution Group

[caption id="attachment_14278" align="alignleft" width="169"] Mark Aiello[/caption] secureRevGroup, a Wakefield, Massachusetts-based information security pro

NMAP Scripting Engine and Categories

1. Introduction We all know what Nmap is and what we can do with it, but for those of you who don't, here's a short overview. Nmap is an open source security

Domain name parking of gTLDs

Introduction Over the past ten years, there has been a steady increase in the number of generic top-level domain names (gTLD). As a result, people can curre

Cyberterrorism Defined (as distinct from “Cybercrime”)

Introduction Technology is developing at an extremely vigorous pace over the last couple of decades. There are many unknown terms that come along with this

Mobile Security – Basic Challenges

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How to filter user input: An overview

If you make web sites, online apps, or even just your own personal blog, chances are that you've heard the phrase "Don't trust user input!" This is one of th

Physical security: Managing the intruder

No information security guide is complete without a chapter about securing physical access to information resources. After all, physical access gives even th

Differences in Copyright Enforcement between the U.S. and China

Introduction China and the U.S. have signed the Berne Convention and the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement

Book Excerpt: Advanced Network Design, Chapter 4: Infrastructure

Security does not happen by accident. Sure, a crashed router will keep hackers (and everyone else) out of your network, but in most cases if you want securit

Android and Java Native Interface

Java Native Interface (JNI) JNI is a native programming interface supported by Java and is part of the Java SDK. With JNI, we can write code in other languag