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Business Email Compromise or BEC is not a new cybersecurity attack vector, but it is gaining more attention as it is becoming more common. The basic idea is that a scammer or con-artist uses deception to pretend to be a high-level official of an organization in order to compromise that organization or to otherwise profit. […]

Security of wireless networks has always been essential. This January the Wi-Fi Alliance® announced a new version of its Wi-Fi Protected Access® or WPA designed to improve the security of 802.11 wireless networks. The four improvements directly address authentication and confidentiality of the networks. Since most of us have Wi-Fi networks in our homes, offices, […]

Perhaps the title should be the disadvantages of sending SQL batches from client applications. Many people think that the primary advantage to stored procedures arises from the fact that they are optimized and compile once and then remain in memory, hopefully to be used again and again. While this can be an advantage, there are […]

Certification and credentialization are requisite parts of today’s business landscape. The field of Information Technology is no exception. Learning Tree offers a broad range of IT certifications for employees with varying skill levels. I received my first IT certification in 1985 from The Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals, now known as the ICCP. […]

Project Management Institute published the sixth edition of the PMBOK® Guide back in September 2017. As such, the Project Management Professional PMP® certification exam was updated to comply with the new release of the guide on March 26, 2018. While there have been significant changes to the guide, which you can read about on the […]