Small businesses are rapidly becoming a prime target for malicious actors. The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) estimated 58% of all breaches in 2017 took place within small businesses.1 From some perspective, the … Read more
When obdurate isolationist Woodrow Wilson won 1916 re-election under the slogan, “He kept us out of the war!”, he hadn’t anticipated a simple act of data sharing. On January 17, 1917, Room 40 (British Naval Intelligence)…
The industrial revolution was brought on by purpose-built machinery and automation. A similar revolution has occurred in cybersecurity, leading to the industrialization of red and blue teaming. In large part, this industrialization has been realized … Read more
Why Is Data Valuation Important? In an excellent article in the MIS Sloan Management Review1, the authors cite three reasons why data valuation is important – to guide decisions around 1) direct monetization, 2) internal … Read more
We see it in the news almost daily — malicious cyber activity, security breaches, and privacy violations. But that only impacts large enterprises like Target, Citibank, and Facebook, right? Wrong. In an ever-evolving digital world, … Read more
According to a recent study from 2017 by the Enterprise Strategy Group1, 45 percent of organizations have a critical shortage of cybersecurity skills. This impacts the ability of IT teams supporting small and medium businesses … Read more
“No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first – verdict afterwards.” “Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!” The value proposition for data is not in its protection (sentence), but … Read more
When it comes to threats in cybersecurity, the insider threat is not the first one that comes to mind. Malware, ransomware, hacking, and denial-of-service attacks dominate the headlines. But more often than not, an insider … Read more
SD-WAN. The most hyped up WAN technology of 2018. And quite possibly the biggest “me too” in telecom right now. You’ll find plenty of sales people who’ll tell you that they can cut your WAN … 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
