Q: Doesn’t My Password Protect My Computer?

Interesting article by Sam Glover (link below) on the blog site “Lawyerist”.

He took the time to explain passwords on operating systems and how they (if you have the right equipment) can be bypassed to pull stiff directly from the hard drive.

“There is no password that can protect the data on your hard drive”, explains Sam.

He went on to elaborate about using data encryption to help safeguard your information.

Check it out…..

Q: Doesn’t My Password Protect My Computer?

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION - Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

Lawtrac in the news….

United Technologies (UTC / UTX) has reduced the value-based fees paid to outside counsel by an astonishing 70% !!!!

Lawtrac is the software my team and I write. Others here at LT Online provide customer support and of course more.

What a feather in our cap to have a customer chosen as one of the winners of the ACC Value Challenge for 2013.

As Charles D. Gill, one of the judges stated:

This example underscores that this is really a journey and every point is progress, but the progress doesn't end. The commitment to the journey was remarkable.

UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION - Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)

Military Crosswalk Search

Military Crosswalk Search

Very well done…  Plug-in your US MOS (now called MOC???) and it will spill-out all the skills you can include in a resume.  Skills that cross into civilian life.

This is a part of http://JobCenter.USA.gov.

Highly recommended; link: Military Crosswalk Search – give it a try.

Authentication Factors

There are three categories of authentication factors:

1. Ownership Factor
2. Knowledge Factor
3. Inherence Factor

Any good authentication system should be using at least two of these.

An Ownership Factor looks at what you have. This could be your ATM card, one of those RSA Tokens with the number that is always changing, or even a simple key on your key ring.

The Knowledge Factor is an examination of something you know such as the PIN number for that ATM card, a password or the answer to a challenge question.

Finally, the Inherence Factor looks for something you are. This could by your fingerprint or some other physical trait that is only yours. You'll hear this called biometrics.

Remove Hidden Data from MS Office Files

When you distribute an Office document electronically, the document might contain information that you do not want to share publicly, such as information you've designated as "hidden" or information that allows you to collaborate on writing and editing the document with others.

The Remove Hidden Data add-in is a tool that you can use to remove personal or hidden data that might not be immediately apparent when you view the document in your Microsoft Office application.

You can run the Remove Hidden Data add-in on individual files from within your Office XP or Office 2003 application. Or, you can run Remove Hidden Data on multiple files at once from the command line. In either case, to run the tool you must have the application installed in which the document was created.

To download the Microsoft tool to remove hidden data click here: Micorosft Tool

Staying Up-To-Date with ColdFusion News

The ColdFusion programming community is awash with individuals willing to share their experience with others. A great clearing house of all the CF Blog sites is http://www.coldfusionbloggers.org

CFSpreadSheet: Real World Use

The video below is one I put together to demonstrate the power of the CFSpreadSheet tag. This overview shows how to merge cells, adjust the formatting, inject the results of a SQL statement and add calculations. The calculations here are SUM commands adding the numbers in each column.