May 2020 – The SECOND Advisories Limited

Credential

24th May 202024th May 2020 By cliangNo Comments

It's the secret to access your protected resources in the network, or the cyber space. Therefore, you have to keep it to yourself only, traditionally. If we adopt the business continuity concept in personal life, then somehow the secret must be shared with your significant half or else the access is gone forever. Of couse, this must be arranged in advance like asset escrow but so far no credible service in the market for this cyber entity. For optimal & practical setup, use 2-step authentication (most portals now have this feature) and store the password in sealed envelop. This is a split secret arrangement. You hold the second factor with you to control access even the sealed envelop is compromised. ...

Anonymity

16th May 202016th May 2020 By cliangNo Comments

Privacy is a major concern nowadays. Sensitive info need to be tokenized or masked while leaving functional info unchanged during business analytic or conducting system tests. Nevertheless, a function might be uniquely provided by a particular individual within the information sample. In this case, even if the identity is masked, the functional aspect can also traced back to that particular individual. This is something like weak hashing function subject to reversible attack. This is the situation to watch out and need to voice out the limitation to data subject and data owner. ...

Certificate

5th May 20205th May 2020 By cliangNo Comments

Cyber Security practitioners need to acquire relevant certification or credential in demonstrating domain expertise or competency. Learning is life time process. Getting certified is not to fulfil employment but a personal acievement. Even if certified, upkeeping the field knowledge and practices is essential or else falling behind. No matter attending academic course or professional training, these are just opportunities to let you learn how to learn. The context involved is just a catalyst in doing so. Alternatively, helping peers or mentoring will also enable knowledge advancement. Therefore, never be complacent. ...