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If there is one lesson to be learned from the recent mass spate of security breaches, particularly those involving ransomware, it is this: adequate training for personnel can dramatically decrease the likelihood of a successful attack on a business. Unfortunately, [...]
I participate in IT professional industry forums, where peers ask questions of other peers. Someone in the forum made a somewhat disjointed post questioning the severity for the recent Meltdown and Spectre security vulnerabilities. I paraphrase his long question: About [...]
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If you are a subcontractor to a prime defense contractor like Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Boeing, General Dynamics and others, you need to know about FIPS 199 and why doing a FIPS impact assessment is important to your DFARS [...]
By Kevin McDonald In today's cyber environment, many public safety organizations struggle to advance their technology and maintain security. Many departments would love to seek out efficiencies through advanced, cost-saving technology. They know they must improve their cybersecurity and operating efficiency. [...]
Following WannaCry, how should businesses protect themselves from cyberattacks? If anything, 2017 will be remembered as the year of the cyber-attack. No business is safe. No industry is exempt. The ease with which cyber-attacks can be launched and virally propagated [...]
I was just reading a critical assessment today of Alvaka Networks’ website, and how we position our company in our messaging. There is considerable talk in the assessment about the application economy and DevOps, and how Alvaka is not messaging [...]
There is pending cybersecurity legislation that looks like it will affect almost every company on Main Street. It is known as the S.770 - MAIN STREET Cybersecurity Act of 2017. What is S.770? It is a law designed to help [...]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued new guidelines regarding secure passwords. Who is NIST? NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency whose purpose is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by [...]
All electric and self-driving car technology fascinates me. As a race car driver, I can see that we are not too far away from the time where the computers and software will lap the car faster and better [...]
