By As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month every Saturday I’ll be sharing links to videos, presentations, etc. that show interesting, surprising and entertaining content. Today’s theme is how to hack a satellite. At the recent DEF CON Safe Mode conference there was a Hack-a-Sat “Capture the Flag” competition with $100,000 up
Cybersecurity Gift Ideas for 2020 Holiday Season
Holiday season is coming up fast, but what could you buy for that special person in your life to keep them safe and improve their security? Well, the following ideas can help everyone, from regular folk to die-hard cybersecurity geeks. Books There’s a ton of great books on the subject
Creating Certificates with the Nitrokey HSM 2 and XCA
What is a Certificate? A digital certificate makes use of Public Key Cryptography to authenticate users, essentially blending a Public Key with a Digital Signature to assert identity. The most common standard used for certificates is X.509 and common uses of certificates include: Secure web browsing – HTTPS – encryption
Getting Started with the Nitrokey HSM 2
The folks at Nitrokey kindly sent me a Nitrokey HSM 2 as part of the Nitrokey Community Program. The tiny, thumb-drive sized device is actually a Hardware Security Module, a device that holds cryptographic keys and performs encryption and decryption. If you’ve not come across HSMs before and you’d like
Joining the Nitrokey Community Programme
I first came across Nitrokey as a provider of U2F USB sticks, little hardware devices that authenticate users with a physical device. The idea there is that you can use this physical device as part of a multifactor authentication process to strengthen your security. Using a physical device means that
What is a Hardware Security Module?
A great deal of the way that we interact with the world in our daily lives relies on security. We need to be able to trust that the information we receive is secure and that our personal data remains private. This need for trust and security is critical to many
