From the Summer 2015 Issue

Don’t Become Extinct: The Evolution of Information Security, Part Two

Author(s):

Will Janssen, Business Development Director, Signals Defense

In Part One of this series, the idea of the three waves of security was introduced, with the Physical Security 1st Wave having established the principles and ideas of security used in the next two Waves. The 2nd Wave is “Wired” IT Security, which is maturing with standards, technologies, and operational approaches and is being … Read more

From the Spring 2015 Issue

The Evolution of Information Security, Part One

Author(s):

Will Janssen, Business Development Director, Signals Defense

In 1980 Alvin Toffler famously declared that there are three waves of civilization – Agricultural (lasted centuries), Industrial (lasted decades), and the Information Age (now).1 Each new wave pushes the preceding wave aside. Information security operates in the Physical, “Wired” IT (information technology), and Radio Frequency (RF) operational domains. So, in a similar vein to … Read more