Solving Crimes using Car Clues

For sure search the car for physical clues like blood, hair and DNA, but also pay attention to the little things you can’t hold?

Things like radio presets, seat position, was the seat pressure sensor on or off, plus the EDR information of course, which is admissible in courts.

I’m speaking with Chris Pogue, current Senior VP at cyber-threat analysis software company Nuix, and former U.S. Army Warrant Officer attached to the Criminal Investigation Division.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

It’s assumed the first instinct is to search the car for blood and hair, for physical DNA, but how about paying attention to the little things that could be clues.

2nd Favourite line: 

Then add in the footage from traffic cameras (everyone forgets those are always watching.)

That’s me in the lede photo, cornering a Subaru Legacy.

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Back to ‘Keri on Driving’ – Index

 

 

Delete your Phone from a Car

Unpair your phone from rental, friend’s and relative’s cars, because until you do, your contacts database is driving around.

Would anything bad actually come from leaving it?  Probably not. In the same way, if you left a copy of your contacts on a USB key * at your friend’s house, it’d probably be fine too. But why do that.

Some infotainment systems can save more than one phone. This one saves 4.

Alena is clearly the most popular.

Don’t name your phone your name. Here’s why.

 

 (* if you say, ‘I use FB for my contacts list’, please leave my blog)

 

 

For Public Computers – it’s a Privacy Mat

How it works:

Step on and enter personal information (shipping address, phone number) then

Step off and the last session is instantly erased. Step back on, a new fresh form awaits.

Clever eh!  Why don’t we see more of these.

How about libraries, airport terminals, internet cafes and store loyalty program signup kiosks.

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Spotted at Lee Valley Hardware, that store’s cool eh. I was there buying magnets, and from 2008-10 I included one of their pocket screwdrivers in my thank you cards.

 

 

There is No Defence Against This

This is Bob, and he’s quite nice.

He also has earned the nickname, “Toughest Guy in NASCAR”.

We are complete opposites – him a foot and a half taller, and 2.5 times heavier.

So if Bob and I were to fight,
it wouldn’t really be one.

His fist is the size of my head.

Only defence I have after it hits me, is to spit my teeth at him before running away.

(technically my brain and words could be a defence, or my ‘run up the chest knee to the jaw’ move, but for the most part, the title is accurate.)

 

 

3 – 6% of your IT Budget = Security

About 3 – 6% of your annaul IT budget should be allocated to security.

That’s the finding of the 2014 TELUS-Rotman IT Security Study. Which also found that spending more didn’t necessarily equate to better security. Spending less is an obviously bad idea.

Unfortuantely, the security budget is usually the first thing to get cut.  Which makes no sense, because why bother building something, if you’re not going to protect it?

Moreover, as a small business owner you have a responsibility to protect your customer’s information, especially if you’re processing credit card numbers.

How much are you currently spending?

Compare yourself to the rest of Canada:

About 30% of organizations spend the minimum, I hope you’re higher than that.

Protect your kingdom guys!

Because always remember,
it’s not IF you’re breached, it’s WHEN.

Blog tag = TELUS Security

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This is an excerpt from my interview with Hernan Barros, Directory of Security Solutions at TELUS, and Walid Hejazi, Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, about their new study, the 2014 TELUS-Rotman IT Security Study.

More about that here.