As part of my new job I recently published a detailed guide on connecting a Raspberry Pi to AWS IoT Core. If you’d like to learn more about setting up hardware like a Raspberry Pi and options for securing connections between IoT devices and AWS then check it out!
I’ve been so busy making my second course of 2019 that I forgot to announce my first one! A few weeks ago I finished my newest Pluralsight course, AWS IoT the Big Picture.
This course is perfect for people just getting started with IoT in general or AWS in particular. We’ll cover a vast amount of information about the unique challenges that IoT presents and how AWS IoT can help you address those issues.
Over the last few months, I’ve tried to reach someone at my ISP about concerns I have regarding password storage practices. Namely, that they store them in a form that makes them vulnerable to being exposed in plain text in the case of a data breach. After some initial research, I discovered that the issue is actually a with a vendor called CSG International and that the passwords of 56 million user accounts are currently stored improperly.
In the last few months there’s been a number of online password manager bugs that have made headlines. You might have seen recent reports of a major vulnerability in LastPass, one of the most popular cloud-hosted password managers.
Even more recently then that was the breach of OneLogin, a vendor for single sign on management.
While I wholeheartedly believe that online password managers can be great tools for improving your security, it’s also important to recognize that they do have potential drawbacks.
To avoid these drawbacks and still get the benefits of a password manager, let’s take a look at some local password managers.