Corporate security experts have a few suggestions for all of us

The security consulting firm Denim Group helps big Fortune 500 enterprises protect themselves from security threats.

You know, those hackers who are always trying to get into your private systems and either steal data or cause mayhem.

Denim Group is a San Antonio, Texas, based corporate security operation with an international client base.

When Dan Cornell and John Dickson, principals at Denim, visited Rackspace recently, we got their thoughts on what's happening in the security world and learned some of the latest techniques to protect our businesses.

Denim Group is an "IT consultancy specializing in custom software development, systems integration and application security" according to its Web site, but Cornell and Dickson had a few specific suggestions that could help even the smallest businesses.

The bad guys are smart, the pair say, and they often don't have to depend on sophisticated code hacking to break into "secured" computer systems. One such non-technical threat called "social engineering" uses several different methods exploiting human weaknesses to get around system defenses at large and small companies, they explain.

One hint they elaborate on in this video interview is don't use any word that can be found in a dictionary for a password.

They also offer a few other ideas with some details.

Links related to this video include: * Denim Group -- http://www.denimgroup.com/ * Denim Group blog -- http://denimgroup.typepad.com/ * Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) -- http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page

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