The Future is Secure: Understanding the Importance of Security by Design

In today's digital age, cybersecurity has finally become a top priority for organizations across all industries. Especially in real estate after last year's events. Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated by the day, and data breaches can have devastating effects on businesses.  Despite this, many organizations still take a reactive approach to cybersecurity, only implementing security measures after a breach.  However, there is a better way to approach cybersecurity - one that offers greater protection against attacks and reduces the risk of data breaches. This approach is known as Security by Design. A friend of mine who is a chief [...]

By |2024-01-08T06:57:17-08:00January 5th, 2024|Security and Privacy|0 Comments

Move, Inc. Combats Attack on its Website Services To Restore Operations to Customers and Consumers

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Move, Inc., (NASDAQ:MOVE), a leading provider of online real estate services, reports that it is continuing to combat the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which has interrupted its websites' operations since it began mid-day June 17. Move's technical team is working around-the-clock with the Prolexic division of Akamai Technologies, Inc., a leading DDoS mitigation service provider; other Internet security experts; and its network service providers to mitigate the attack and quickly restore operations. In connection with the attack, Move received a ransom demand, which it did not respond to. DDoS attacks [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:24:05-07:00June 20th, 2014|Main category, MLS Insights, Press Releases|0 Comments

Internet Explorer Is 3x faster than Firefox

I am a Mac. It pains me to look at this data, but the data is accurate, statistically relevant, and conclusive. The Explorer browser is faster than Firefox, with more features. I do not exactly know where Explorer lost its reputation as the internet browser of choice. Like most preferences, it likely happened gradually as consumers were attracted to shiny new objects. I must admit that there was a time when I flocked to any new browser that I could get my hands on... ergo, my tender relationship with Opera and the socially networked browser called RockMelt. Frequently, software is [...]

By |2018-05-03T21:24:44-07:00December 29th, 2012|Main category|1 Comment