Author: Douglas Rausch

Douglas Rausch, CISSP, is president of Aurora CyberSecurity Consultants, Inc. a veteran-owned small business providing risk management, governance, and awareness training expertise to organizations worldwide. He brings 25 years’ experience as a cyber operations officer in the US Air Force leading risk management activities, assessing cybersecurity, and recommending cybersecurity policy and technologies for Department of Defense and Air Force terrestrial and space systems. He is an adjunct professor in the Cybersecurity program at Bellevue University in Bellevue, Nebraska. 

From the Fall 2015 Issue

Social Engineering: The Root of the Cyber Threat

Author(s):

Douglas Rausch, President, Aurora CyberSecurity Consultants, Inc.

R. “Montana” Williams, Founder and Managing Partner , Titan Rain Cybersecurity, LLC

When conducting reconnaissance of your cyber infrastructure, attackers look for weaknesses they can utilize to successfully penetrate your infrastructure with the least expenditure of resources and risk of being detected. The vulnerabilities created by human action or inaction have always been a potential attack vector. The increased focus on adding technical controls to bolster cyber … Read more