Vanessa Marin

Burns, S. (2001). “Web Services Security – An Overview”. SANS Institute, InfoSec Reading Room.  Web services are software functions provided at a network address that enable machine to machine communication over t […]

The combination of familiar software and enterprise-class support is bringing early adopters disappointed by Google’s lack of progress back to Microsoft.
Source: Why companies are switching from Google Apps to Office 365

Freshmen students who entered the Fox School after 2008 must take the FOXCLT. Transfer students who are in the core-to-core curriculum or transferred with 45+ credit hours are strongly advised. If you are […]

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Find out what your candidates issues are here. Don’t slate vote! Find out what they each stand for, and vote based on their agenda, experience, and transparency. You are voting, yes?
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Reading: Marezzi@gmail.com (2008), “Full SQL Injection Tutorial”.  The tutorial describes SQL injection as a code insertion technique for attacking poorly implemented data-driven client-server and n-tier appl […]

Netflix, a leading online subscription service for watching movies and TV programs, has grown its streaming video business to millions of users globally. By using AWS, Netflix can quickly deploy thousands of […]

A big win for Google against Amazon in the cloud.
Source: Snapchat Is Built On Google’s Cloud – Business Insider

Source: AWS Case Study: Johnson & Johnson

As discussed in class today, this article from the reading is full of important concepts on the changes effected by the age of informational connectivity. Things to pay attention to are the richness/reach […]

Karthik, R.  Burp Suite Guide: Part 1 – Basic Tools, Part 2 – Intruder and repeater tools,  Part 3 – Sequencer, decode and composer. SearchSecurity.techtarget.in.  Karthic’s terse three part guide provides a […]

Zeltser, L. (2014). “Ouch! What Is Malware,” The Monthly Security Newsletter for Computer Users, The SANS Institute.   This reading provides a short high-level overview of malware, its sources, and prote […]

Meaningful achievements are, perversely, *more* likely to annoy the world around you.
Source: If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything important

That little three-lined button is the devil. Whether you call it a side menu, navigation drawer, or a hamburger, hiding your features off-screen behind a..
Source: Kill The Hamburger Button

Fraud continues to be problem for the insurance industry and medical fraud, in particular, is growing according to Andy Tolsma, solutions manager for the P&C Medical Fraud payments accuracy division for Verisk Health.

Allen, M. (2006). “Social Engineering: A Means To Violate A Computer System”, SANS Institute Reading Room.  Allen’s article provides a good introduction and overview of social engineering. It covers defini […]

The decision by the European Court of Justice throws into doubt how tech giants like Facebook and Google can use digital data from millions of users.
Source: Data Transfer Pact Between U.S. and Europe Is Ruled Invalid