Data Privacy in the Era of COVID-19
Posted on: 16 Mar 2020
One of the most important things for employers, schools, universities, hospitals, and public places to do during the time of a pandemic is to determine (to some degree of certainty)…
My CORONA (Virus) – How To Survive With IT
Posted on: 16 Mar 2020
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic companies are increasingly calling on employees to work from home. Hospitals, clinics, and doctor’s offices are preparing for massive infections, not only of…
Ransomware Response — A Better Way
Posted on: 15 Mar 2020
On March 15, 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, hackers attacked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) servers. In the past, computers belonging to hospitals, doctor’s…
BEC and Call – Business E-Mail Compromise Leads to Liability
Posted on: 30 Jan 2020
When William Darby went to work as a securities broker in October of 2018, little did he know that he was going to not only have a bad day, but…
NSA and FBI Take Different Paths for Cybersecurity
Posted on: 15 Jan 2020
When NSA security researchers learned that the methods used by Microsoft Windows 10 machines to examine digitally signed code (like that used to install patches) had a vulnerability which would…
Update on Iowa
Posted on: 19 Sep 2019
Yesterday, I wrote about two employees of CoalFire who were arrested for performing a physical pen test of various courthouses in Iowa. The article focused on the need to have…
Data Privacy – I Do Not Think That Word Means What You Think it Means
Posted on: 16 Sep 2019
On September 10, 2019, leaders of the high tech and business world, through the Business Roundtable, sent a letter to political leaders urging them to pass a comprehensive federal consumer data privacy…
Scraping Away at Computer “Crime” – Federal Appeals Court Rules Against LinkedIn in online “scraping” case
Posted on: 11 Sep 2019
Your domain is your domain. Your website is your website. You decide who can access your site, who can access your data, and how they can do that. You make…
Doorbell privacy: Where the ring tolls
Posted on: 10 Sep 2019
Amazon’s Ring video doorbell allows you to see who is at (or near) your doorstep. Under a semi-secret program called “Neighbors” it also allows the police to see the same…
Security status unknown
Posted on: 29 Mar 2019
Do CEOs and Boards have any idea what the company’s cybersecurity status is? Cybersecurity and privacy compliance should be a top priority of the Board of Directors and senior management…