Ten years ago, a 10-year old with a smartphone was the exception. As we approach 2021, it is now becoming a norm. The fact that respected technology publications like PCMag regularly update […]
COVID-19 Spearphishing Scams: Business as Usual for Cybersecurity Professionals
This week, IBM published a report advising of positive identification of cyber attacks targeting executives in organizations and companies with a role in impending COVID-19 vaccine distribution. Energy and manufacturing […]
In Network Infrastructure Security, Technical Bells and Whistles are not Enough
When we hear the term infrastructure, what generally comes to mind are physical structures that support an industry or a city. Common instances of infrastructure are those supporting transportation, government, […]
Supply Chain Management and Cybersecurity: Is there a relationship? (Spoiler Alert: COVID-19 = Proof of Concept)
The importance of an effective supply chain management cannot be overstated. Simply expressed, it is the process through which companies seek to maximize profit and overall success through the timely […]
Who And Where (and What) is TikTok (Doing with Our Data)?
In the past year, TikTok has typified Gen Z’s Social media use. With more and more children getting mobile devices at a younger age, the demographic has demonstrated its preference […]
Hacking Outside the Box – VPN as an Attack Vector
In early February of this year, it became public knowledge tjhat hacking groups based out of the country of Iran were actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. […]
Critical Infrastructure – How Secure (or Unsecure) are Industrial Control Systems?
It’s common, Information Technology knowledge that a myriad of vulnerabilities and threats continue to emerge for network-based systems connecting to or running Industrial Control Systems (ICS). In his 2013 State […]
Ethics and Humanitarianism in Cyberspace – What does the future hold?
In the course of wars fought by the United States over the past 100+ years and the brutality that accompanied them, the just war doctrine has remained a civilized constant […]
