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Formatting a computer is so easy that anyone can do it. Maintaining a secure, well-managed infrastructure is not; it requires not only someone who understands computers, but a good deal of common sense. The goal of SWMI.CA is to educate people...
In 1625 King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ordered his shipyards to build (among others) a mighty fighting ship called the Vasa. He gave very specific instructions for what he wanted in this ship, how he wanted it outfitted, and made it clear that it should...
For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . As the old saying goes, if I had a dime for every person who has come up to me and told me why they are not moving to Windows Vista, I would be a...
I was sitting in a cafe minding my own business the other day when I overheard a couple of network administrators discussing the benefits of virtualizing their server room. As this is a topic about which I am quite passionate I was delighted to...
One evening this week at the dinner table Theresa and I were discussing some of the steps that we took to protect Aaron (our nine year old) while he surfs the Internet. He piped up that he did NOT like any of these measures, and I told him that...
From time to time an event pops onto my radar that I really believe will be exciting to all IT Professionals. The SecTor Security Education Conference is one of those events, bringing some of the world's best IT security professionals to Toronto for...
A funny thing happenned on the way to truly secure portable computing... A couple of months ago I made the decision to use the new Windows Vista BitLocker feature. For those of you who don't know, BitLocker is a new feature in Windows Vista (Enterprise...