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Modern Passwords Now Less Secure
Dec. 12, 2012
By Brad Garland
By leveraging an older technology that has been revitalized, researcher Jeremi Gosney has managed to significantly reduce the time it takes to crack hashed passwords. By using ...
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Having a Healthy Fear of Efficiency
Nov. 20, 2012
By Brad Garland
Efficiency is described in the dictionary as "effective operation as measured by a comparison of production with cost (as in energy, time, and money)". It's one of those concepts ...
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May the (En)Force(ment) Be With You – Security Lessons from Star Wars
Nov. 16, 2012
By Brad Garland
Here is a great article from Terry Greer - King of Checkpoint Software. Back to a galaxy far far away, Terry diagrams the need for a strong security platform and and an effective ...
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Beware of Critical Hardware ending up in Landfill
Nov. 7, 2012
By Brad Garland
Came across this article on Vtdigger.org and thought it was a good reminder for us all:http://vtdigger.org/2012/10/24/vsecu-data-for-85000-customers-ends-up-in-landfill/ If there ...
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November Webinar - Positive Business Impact to Efficient IT
Nov. 5, 2012
By Brad Garland
Are you interested in having a more efficient IT? If so, watch this webinar presented by Cal Roberson with CalTech. He shares some great ideas and task lists to help you make an ...
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Happy Movember! Let the manliness begin!
Nov. 1, 2012
By Brad Garland
Happy November to everyone but for a select few men that choose to participate, Happy Movember! Movember is a movement that started a few years ago where men participate in ...
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Reporting and Going Digital
Oct. 22, 2012
By Brad Garland
Every Friday this month our team has been getting together for what we've dubbed the 'October meetings' to discuss a range of different topics from process improvement to new ...
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Garland Group commentary on Wire Fraud Alert
Sep. 26, 2012
By Brad Garland
You may have seen our post last week sharing an important link for an alert on Wire Fraud. Here is a brief summary and commentary to that article from our very own Garland Group ...
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iPhone Operating System = Hacked By Researchers
Sep. 21, 2012
By Brad Garland
Happy iPhone 5 day! As many of you (me included) await your phone to arrive today I also want to send some news regarding to a security team that has been able to hack the Apple ...
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Phishing Attempts via Wire Fraud
Sep. 19, 2012
By Brad Garland
Second to ensuring your staff does not give over confidential information to unauthorized customers or vendors, Wire Fraud is one of the biggest areas of security risk for the ...
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Ranger Game Outing for Garland Group
Jul. 23, 2012
By Brad Garland
It was a perfect summer night for the Garland Group team to go to a Ranger game at The Ballpark in Arlington Texas. The team started out with a fabulous buffet at the Diamond Club ...
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