Security
What Getting Hacked Means for Your Brand
Hacking has become a more realistic problem as the number of companies victim to hacking attempts has spiked within the last year. Earlier this week, America got to witness first-hand two less serious and more entertaining hacks on the company Twitter accounts of Burger King and Jeep. Although these hacks do not seem directly harmful to the success and well-being of these huge companies, it does affect their brands. Both the Burger King and Jeep Twitter accounts gained several thousand followers as word spread quickly about the ridiculous tweets being [...]
A Beginner's Guide to SSL Certificates
The security of a website is one aspect of development that should never be taken too lightly. As more and more of our personal information is stored online, it is important to take steps to make sure this information is kept safe. While it is impossible to make any web application completely secure or “unhackable,” there are techniques and best practices that should be followed to make your site more difficult to steal information from. The first step is to use SSL certificates. When you click a link to go to a [...]
SOPA – Cutting Through the Hype
I was asked recently by a local tech startup attorney, Dave Gillespie, to comment on some of the technical details of the DNS system as they relate to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Below is an excerpt of the full article “SOPA – Cutting Through the Hype” written by Scott Brown, intellectual property attorney at The Gillespie Law Group. Much has been written about the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) in recent months – most of it important, all of it passionate, but through all the fervent positioning, the [...]