Imagine during class one evening, a professor asks a student, “Do you know what the OSI Model is?” At the thought of it being a trick question, the student, not answering immediately, slowly shook their … Read more
Over the past year, online gaming has been extremely popular, boosted by the many people in various parts of the world who were stuck at home during lockdown, but still keen to engage in social … Read more
What can we learn from a cyber-attack in Alaska? Albeit small, they were resilient! In July 2018, the small Alaskan community of Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) was targeted by a ransomware attack, which resulted in more than … Read more
A DIFFERENT KIND OF INFECTION COVID-19 has doctors and nurses spread thin, they are working around the clock, and trying to keep their overly crowded hospitals functioning in some orderly fashion amidst the chaos. The … Read more
With cyber-attacks and ransomware making the mainstream news, and consequences rippling out far past single layers of users or customers, how can we collectively take the sting out of getting stung by a common cyber-heist? … Read more
Over the last ten years, remote work has increased by more than 100%; between 2017 and 2018, telecommuting increased by more than 20%. The COVID-19 pandemic altered our working environment, and some businesses discovered that … Read more
In the Spring 2021 issue of the United States Cybersecurity Magazine, “Human Security Engineering: A New Model for Addressing the “User Problem” I highlighted the strategy of Human Security Engineering to address the User Initiated … Read more
Introduction Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is a collective term used to describe all techniques and tools used to harvest information from publicly available resources in a timely manner to support a specific intelligence requirement. There … Read more
We All Do It, We All Blame Someone for Something Sometimes it is justified, sometimes there is cause, and it is very hard to remove it from your vocabulary – but it is always destructive. … Read more
Few enterprise security technologies have garnered as much attention and hype as Zero Trust over the past decade. Yet, despite all the buzz, there remains a great deal of confusion and uncertainty in the market … Read more
