The insider threat is alive and well these days as illustrated by the recent Wikileaks scandal. Traditional information security focuses on keeping people out with firewalls and such, but what about the bad guy that's already behind your firewall? How do you protect your system and data from the insider who works right along side you and is looking to steal from your company or leak data to sites like Wikileaks?

There's no perfect answer, but there is something that can help, and it starts with your software developers and your business process engineers. They are both likely familiar with the concept of the use case. This week we look at the use case's evil twin: the misuse case. Check out Combating The Insider Threat with Misuse Cases to learn how you can get your software developers to put their bad guy hats on so that you can guard against the inside threat.

Combating The Insider Threat With Misuse Cases originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Sunday, February 12th, 2012 at 14:06:52.

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A few months ago I did a review of the state-of-the-art 2GiG Go!Control home alarm system. This week I review the Alarm.com Interactive Alarm Monitoring service that is often paired with the 2GiG system.

This combination of equipment and service provide one of the most high-tech and interactive alarm systems available. Check out both reviews to learn more.. Do you have Alarm.com's service? Let us know your opinion of it in the comments section below.

Review: Alarm.com Interactive Alarm Monitoring Service originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 at 21:23:47.

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When does sharing on Facebook become oversharing, and when does oversharing become a personal safety risk? We attempt to answer both of these questions in this week's featured article: The Dangers of Facebook Oversharing.

We're not talking about type of oversharing where you describe every detail of your day down to how the oat bran you ate that morning is helping your regularity. The oversharing we're discussing is the sharing of information that a stalker, thief, lawyer, or possibly an employer might use against you.

Do you share sensitive information, such as your location, on Facebook? Do you think oversharing is a personal safety risk? Let us know in the comments section below:

The Dangers of Facebook Oversharing originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 20:05:04.

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Have you ever gone on vacation and forgot to arm your home security system? Have you ever wanted to check in on your pet while you were away from home?

If you answered yes to either of these questions,  you will definitely want to check out our featured article on 5 Must-have Security Apps for iPhone. We'll also take a look at apps that can encrypt phone calls from your iPhone and track your phone if it's lost or stolen.

What's your favorite security-related iPhone app? Let us know in the comments section below.

5 Must-have Security Apps for iPhone originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Saturday, January 21st, 2012 at 16:29:52.

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Can you spot a phishing scam e-mail from a mile away? Are you a human scam detector?

The focus of this week's featured article is on How to Scam-proof Your Brain. In the article, you'll find  some mental self-defense techniques that you can use to help develop your scam detecting "Spidey" sense.

Check out the article in the link and then come back here and let us know (in the comments section below) what is the most convincing scam you have ever encountered?

How to Scam-proof Your Brain originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Monday, January 16th, 2012 at 15:36:49.

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Quick Response or QR codes like the one in the picture above seem to be popping up everywhere these days. They are great for advertisers and marketers because they allow users to obtain product information and website addresses by scanning the multidimensional bar code with their smartphone's camera. Unfortunately hackers and criminals are also using QR codes to trick users into installing malware, or handing over personal information.

Before you scan another QR Code with your smartphone, check out our featured article on how to protect yourself from malicious QR codes being spread by criminals and hackers:

Have you been the victim of this new type of attack? Let us know your experience in the comments section below:

Protect Your Smartphone From Malicious QR Codes originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Sunday, January 8th, 2012 at 17:13:34.

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Did you enable the new Facebook Timeline feature yet? The new Timeline lets you, your friends and, depending on your privacy settings, complete strangers flip through your Facebook history like a digital scrapbook. It has a newspaper-like appearance and all is easily navigated. Simply click on the year you are interested in and it jumps to all your old posts for that time frame.

What can you do to lock down your new Timeline? Check out this week's featured article on How to Secure Your Facebook Timeline for some tips on how to keep stalkers and other bad guys from perusing your old posts (and your new ones as well).

How to Secure Your New Facebook Timeline originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Saturday, December 31st, 2011 at 16:23:21.

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If you're looking for a last minute dish to make for a New Years party, try making some Spicy Password Crackers. They are both delicious and addictive. I call them password crackers because someone would likely hand over their password just so they could have another one.

They are simple to make and go great with a nice Pimento cheese spread from your local deli. Check out the link above for the recipe. Happy New Year!.

Hack Your Holiday Party With Some Spicy Password Crackers originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Saturday, December 31st, 2011 at 10:55:54.

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If Santa brought you or your child a new iPod or iPad for Christmas then you will definitely want to enable it's parental controls.

Even if it's yours and not your child's iPod you might want to turn off the in-app purchase feature. One of my family members ended up with a bill for several hundred dollars worth of in-app purchases because this feature wasn't locked down and a child got a hold of the iPod and racked up a bunch of in-app charges.  In-app purchases are how many "Freemium" app developers make their money. They make the game free to download but charge for additional content. Even kids that aren't old enough to read can end up buying things in the app without anyone knowing it until they get the bill.

Check out the article linked above to learn how to turn this feature off completely. Did your child accidentally buy s huge amount of in-app merchandise? Let us know your own in-app purchase horror story in the comment section below.

Beware of In-app Purchases on Your child's new iPod! originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Monday, December 26th, 2011 at 09:22:20.

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We've all heard about the British News International scandal involving reporters allegedly hacking into voicemail accounts to illegally obtain information. The big question how did they do it? We'll attempt to answer that question in this week's featured article: Voicemail Hacking Explained.

We'll also look at some things you can do to improve the security of your own voicemail box to keep hackers out of your business. Has your voicemail ever been hacked? Let us know your experiences in the comments section below:

Is Your Voicemail Vulnerable to Hackers? originally appeared on About.com Internet / Network Security on Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 05:33:24.

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