Kategori: Cyber Security

Today is Safer Internet Day. While Learning Tree International is not an official sponsor nor national partner, we support the effort. As part of that support here are some ways you can help foster their 2020 mission of “Together for a better internet”. While Safer Internet Day is focused on younger net users, most readers […]

Two-factor authentication is rapidly becoming a “must-do” in this era of rampant cyber threats. I’ve discussed and encouraged two-factor authentication here and in Learning Tree’s cyber security introduction course. But it must be done correctly. Two-step and two-factor authentication Some organizations use hardware tokens that display numbers that change every thirty seconds or so. Apps […]

Passwords will be with us for quite a while and so will password breaches, I’m afraid. Last week I received a notice that a site I use experienced a password breach. The email explained that the passwords themselves were encrypted, but that I should change my password on that site and any others where I […]

Holidays are coming up and there will undoubtedly be movie messages about keeping the holiday spirit alive not just for one month but the whole year through. Looking back, we just finished National Cyber Security Awareness Month and it’s worth asking: how do we focus on cyber security issues not just during the month of […]

During Cyber Security Awareness Month we hear about how important being #CyberAware is. “Do your part! Be careful!” It’s important to take this seriously. But additionally, this field offers job opportunities. Among the many ways we will discuss of how you can enter the cyber security field, one way is through our Learning Paths.  You […]