Author Archives: nhunt

Security Review: Electronic Voting

Posted on March 12, 2009 by nhunt

Summary The rise of electronic voting machines in recent years has led to some heated debates as to how secure these machines actually are. Voting is a fundamental right of a democratic society, so ensuring that each citizen’s vote is … Continue reading →

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Current Event: Tracking BitTorrent

Posted on February 12, 2009 by nhunt

The Air Force Institute of Technology recently announced a new technique for “detecting and tracking illegal content transferred using the BitTorrent file-trading protocol.” The authors claim their technique differs from previous attempts, because it is does not change any of … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Electronic Medical Records

Posted on January 22, 2009 by nhunt

Now that computers have reached the mainstream, demand for online services is increasing. Recently, this has come to include access to medical records over the Internet. The existence of products such as Microsoft’s HealthVault and Google’s Google Health demonstrates the … Continue reading →

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Data Breaches Booming

Posted on January 8, 2009 by nhunt

InformationWeek recently published an article based on data from the Identity Theft Resource Center (a non-profit organization which aims to understand and prevent identity theft), that shows an increase of 47% in the number of reported data breaches in 2008. … Continue reading →

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