Therac-25 is a name that is often mentioned when discussing ethics and computer testing, and it’s clear to see why. The Therac-25 was a radiation treatment machine that was set to revolutionise the way radiation treatment was done. Thanks to …
An end-user might consider a computer system access point to be somewhat simple. Either you have a key – and you get in – or you don’t. If you have a key to the door, you get in. Some areas …
In 2015, the company I worked for at the time implemented Office 365 as the main administrative and collaborate tool suite. This covers not only the Office suite; it also includes the use of Yammer and SharePoint sites for internal …
There’s an ever-increasing amount of talk about hacking in the news, but what exactly happens? Well, Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed DoS (DDoS) are both pressing problem and it appears they will continue to be so in the foreseeable …
Software development often uses agile development processes to see the project through from start to finish. Despite the processes being used on network and web applications with high security risks, most agile methods does not have features that specifically targets …
Hashtags! Tags! Labels! Call them what you will, they are here to stay. My favourite tag system is on Twitter as I found their tags were useful to find any information pertaining to a topic. In addition, you can subscribe …
Biometric authentication relies on distinguishing physiological and sometimes behavioral characteristics in order to authenticate a particular individual, such as gait appearance. We will have a look at some of the more well known authorization methods. (Tistarelli, Bigun and Jain, 2006) …
In my last post, I talked a bit about how governments might share IT forensic evidence with each other – or not. Well, plenty of shady investigation techniques happens inland too. Don’t mess with the government, or even something the …
