Greetings and happy Star Wars Day, infosec enthusiasts! Whenever May 4th rolls around, we collectively celebrate our favorite Star Wars movies, characters and moments. But, what can we learn from this beloved space opera universe that might help us better secure ourselves and our businesses? To answer this question, we decided to put together a video series that examines famous … [Read more...]
Celebrate World Password Day By Brushing Up on Password Best Practices
Happy World Password Day! It's the perfect time of year to re-examine and recommit to password best practices. To help, we’ve created a short video to answer all your password questions. Learn the optimal length for a password, how it’s stored, how it’s protected, why you should care and more. Variety is the spice of password life. But with so many long, custom passwords, … [Read more...]
6 Ways to Spring Clean Your Security System
Spring is finally here, which means it’s time to start cleaning up the mess that’s piled up through the winter months. Your businesses’ security system is no exception! To help tackle this task, WatchGuard CTO Corey Nachreiner recently wrote a column for Dark Reading explaining some regular security maintenance projects that every IT and network admins should add to their list … [Read more...]
Even RSAC Isn’t Immune to Public Wi-Fi Attacks
The 2018 RSA Conference earlier this month attracted some of the top security researchers and vendors from around the world, but even this highly security-conscious audience couldn’t help falling for a simple public Wi-Fi hack. To demonstrate how easy it is to conduct these attacks, the WatchGuard team set up a honeypot access point (AP) at our RSA booth offering a free, open … [Read more...]
How to Easily Connect to Public Wi-Fi Through a VPN
Freely available public Wi-Fi at our local coffee shop, retail outlet, airport, etc., keeps us constantly connected and productive. So, while we rarely ask ourselves, “will there be Wi-Fi there?” we also don’t ask about the security of those Wi-Fi networks. The convenience and ubiquity of Wi-Fi often come at the cost of your cyber security and privacy. So how can you stay … [Read more...]
