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Google Earth just made time travel easier - here's how to visit the old neighborhood

Zero Day

Images are awfully blurry pre-2000s, and the photos are in black and white until 2003, but I was still able to find my first car in the driveway and see the now decades-old development beside my neighborhood when it was still trees. Dropping into Street View, I was able to see about a photo a year of my old home until 2007.

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GUEST ESSAY: The Top 5 online privacy and data security threats faced by the elderly

The Last Watchdog

And, let’s be honest , the deceptive writing phishing assaults and other cyber threats today employ are skilled enough to fool even the most trained, internet-savvy experts. Ever present threats. He has been a member of the California State Bar since 2003.

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Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy

Schneier on Security

If the choice is between a world where we can achieve a 99 percent assurance against cyber threats to consumers, while still providing law enforcement 80 percent of the access it might seek; or a world, on the other hand, where we have boosted our cybersecurity to 99.5 This is untenable.

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Attorney General Barr and Encryption

Schneier on Security

If the choice is between a world where we can achieve a 99 percent assurance against cyber threats to consumers, while still providing law enforcement 80 percent of the access it might seek; or a world, on the other hand, where we have boosted our cybersecurity to 99.5 This is untenable.

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MY TAKE: Is Satya Nadella’s ‘Secure Future Initiative’ a deja vu of ‘Trustworthy Computing?’

The Last Watchdog

On January 15, 2002, Bill Gates issued his famous “ Trustworthy Computing ” (TC) company-wide memo, slamming the brakes on Windows Server 2003 development and temporarily redirecting his top engineers to emphasize security as a top priority. The common denominator is trust—critical then and now.

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If Your Devices Aren’t Updated, You’re In For A Bad Time

Approachable Cyber Threats

It’s been informally called this since about 2003 and is viewed as a critical day for many organizations who rely heavily on Microsoft products. “Patch Tuesday” is an unofficial term that references the second Tuesday in the month when Microsoft regularly releases their updates to all of their products.

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Formula 1® Appoints Herjavec Group as Official Cybersecurity Services Provider

Herjavec Group

Herjavec Group has been recognised as one of the world’s most innovative Managed Cyber Security Services Providers, with the sole mission of protecting enterprises globally from evolving cyber threats. Robert Herjavec founded Herjavec Group in 2003 to provide cybersecurity products and services to enterprise organizations.