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A coworker of mine just sent me a hysterical application form that asks your significant other (in this case female) permission for a night out with the boys. I just had to share this with everyone as it brightened my day in an altogether busy week.
Permission Slip

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Series: Do Not Fall Victim to Internet Scams
Entry 1: Internet Auction Fraud Prevention
In 2007, the Internet Crime and Complaint Center (IC3) received 219,553 complaints that totaled $239,090,000 in financial losses. The average loss per complaint is around a thousand dollars. That is a mortgage payment, two months of groceries, or even a week [...]

About the Computer Security Deals, Discounts, & Coupons

Separation of Deals and Information
I began SecurePuter.com in April of 2008 and since then I have received affiliate offers for a number of security related products and services. I will not recommend a product or service lightly. If I seriously recommend or despise a piece of [...]

Setup a Secure Wireless Network
Creating a secure wireless network at home is more significant than many realize. Safeguarding the various amounts of personal data stored on home PC’s should be of utmost concern. I’ve drove around my neighborhood and found numerous unsecure wireless access points. If I wanted to, I could have [...]

This post requires discussion. So…I’ve posted my first exclusive ITToolbox blog entry. It is a “find what’s wrong in this image" exercise designed to keep up security awareness of all things unusual. I said I would post a link when I do such things. Therefore, go to Attention to Detail Exercise [...]

Insider Threat Defined
Yesterday I defined who hackers could potentially be . Today I want to focus on the most dangerous prospect, an insider threat. Attacks from company employees, whom have direct access to systems inside the outer defenses, are of serious concern. Employees and contractors already have access to the systems, and [...]

Define Hacker
I’ve often used the word “Hacker” as a derogatory term targeting maliciously intended computer users. In actuality, I’ve heard “Hacker” used in a variety of other ways.
- A skilled programmer
- An unskilled programmer (that’s ironic )
- A computer researcher
- A systems [...]

10 Windows Incident Response & Forensic Tools You shouldn’t be without
A medieval knight cannot go into battle without his armor. In the same manner, an information security officer cannot respond to an attack without his or her forensic tools. Preparing an incident response CD, to house an investigative toolkit, is the preferred method [...]

I recently created an ITtoolbox Blog in order to contribute to an established network of my peers. I subscribe to a number of information security blogs, and a few authors dual blog with ITtoolbox.com. What a good idea! If they can do it successfully, so can I. Since I’ve been anonymously visiting [...]

Champlain College Online
Computer Forensics Degree Review
When I decided to finish my bachelor’s degree, I wanted to specialize in a field including law enforcement and information technology. At the time, Champlain College in Burlington Vermont was one of the very few institutions running a Computer Forensics bachelor’s degree, and the only one offering it online. [...]