The list of security products and technologies resulting from searches by even the least sophisticated Internet Search Engines across any of the major security product categories can be quite overwhelming.…
DetailsLet’s face it. You know what you have to do. You have a 30-day plan. A 90-day plan. A one-year plan. A five-year plan. You have spreadsheets, budgets, and PowerPoints.…
DetailsThe Wall Street Journal recently reported that the United States government is creating a massive database of records culled from license plate scanners, and making this database available to law enforcement…
DetailsMy biggest security problems all start with authentication. If you look at the major hacks that have taken place in the last year, you can trace most of them back…
DetailsEvery CISO is one data breach from being fired. Or one disruptive DDoS attack. Or one theft of information. Or one bad audit result. Or one compliance investigation. Or one…
DetailsI have always found that information security professionals tend to fall into three categories: SWAT Teams, Power Rangers or Nerds with an edge (see a blog post of that name…
DetailsBCP. Three little letters that, unfortunately, strike mind-numbing boredom into most CIOS’s. The truth is, Business Continuity Planning isn’t synonymous with the excitement that is typically found in the Information…
DetailsIn privacy and security circles, we typically think about threats and trends in the order of months or even years. We tend to forget that we are still very much…
DetailsThe healthcare.gov site is sharing personal information about visitors to its site to third-party advertisers, according to a report by The Associated Press. The website for the federal healthcare exchange provides…
DetailsVice President Joe Biden has announced that the Department of Energy (DoE) will provide a $25 million grant over the next five years to support minorities and cybersecurity education. The…
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