Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Heartbleed response strategy

Everyone who uses web or cloud services is affected by the Heartbleed bug - including dentists and their staff.

The story of how a coding error in a massively adopted open-source protocol (OpenSSL) has created security holes affecting all Internet users has received wide media coverage, however the steps recommended for response to this vulnerability have not always been clear.

An article by Adriana Lee, which offers a relatively simple three-step strategy to restore your online security, is recommended reading.