Author Archive
Dan J. Ryan
Digital Government
Get the picture
Three basic processes are used to safeguard information: protection, detection and correction.
- By Dan J. Ryan
Digital Government
How to protect your laptop
It has never been easy for system administrators to keep their agencies' PC networks running smoothly, and it just keeps getting harder.
- By Dan J. Ryan
Digital Government
Warding off PC spies
More than 400 software programs are believed to be infected with 'spyware,' malicious code that hides on your computer and watches what you do
- By Dan J. Ryan
Digital Government
Cookies: Trick or treat?
The Internet 'cookie,' like an urban legend, has been around for years, but the topic resurfaces periodically to strike fear in the hearts of the uninitiated. The cookie, unlike most urban legends, is rooted in fact, but it is not necessarily as scary as it's made out to be.
- By Dan J. Ryan
People
Old-fashioned hacker deceit
Information assurance isn't always a technology issue.
- By Dan J. Ryan