The Portable Consultant

It never rains, but it pours. Another data loss story has broken closer to home… well, Newfoundland is not that close but too close for comfort:
It seems that a “private sector consultant” on a provincial government contract (not unlike The Portable Consultant, in fact) took a government PC home and may have exposed personal data […]

Cost cutting is being blamed for the loss of massive amounts of personal data in this widely-reported UK government data loss case.
The Portable Consultant knows of at least one excellent free open source data encryption tool that could have protected the data.
How very, very sad for all those concerned.
The protection of data where privacy and […]

This is not a security blog, but the Microsoft WMF vulnerability is serious enough that everyone should be made aware of it.
Here’s Steve Gibson’s notes on the vulnerability with a link to a good open source temporary fix that will give protection until Microsoft patches the problem.
Security Now! Notes for Episode #20
As always, you […]