Much of cyber defense today relies on the same approach used in kinetic defense over the last few thousand years. We use hard perimeters (firewalls) to repel attacks, sentries (IDSs) to trigger incident response, and … Read more
This is the second part of a two-part article exploring the history of pre-computer cryptography. Part 1 focused on the period from the birth of cryptography some 4,000 years ago to the development of early … Read more
The trust put into any network is reliant on three main components: reliable hardware, strong software, and capable, aware people. Network trust, whether implicit or direct, is important for holding the fabric of any … Read more
To build the cyber-educated workforce capable of supporting the needs of government, industry and academia, communities across the country are adapting to the evolving economic and technological landscape. Louisiana, for example, has seen its economic … Read more
Since 2014 the mission of Google’s Project Zero has been to make the Internet a more secure place through the discovery and responsible publishing of vulnerabilities. While Google works with vendors to ensure a patch … Read more
In many organizations, the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and their team understands the need for a strategic approach to managing an enterprise information security program. However, continual tactical “fire drills” rarely allow time to … Read more
Cybersecurity Considerations Around General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Data breaches and cyber-attacks have become commonplace. Every organization, regardless of the type of business or size, is a target. Safeguarding data (and it is data that … Read more
Hello, If you haven’t seen the Beatles’ 1968 animated masterpiece Yellow Submarine, you’re missing out on one of the great treasures of 20th-century cinema. There’s a scene in which Ringo and George are discussing George’s … Read more
Greetings, Welcome to the Spring 2018 issue of the United States Cybersecurity Magazine! As always, we’d like to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to our supporters, our members, our sponsors, our contributors … Read more
Chinese Hackers By 2010, it was clear that a persistent threat had infiltrated American public and private sector networks and was stealing sensitive data. In January of that year, Google stopped offering its search engine … Read more
