Heart Pacemakers Need Cybersecurity Upgrades

Ok, so this has not happened yet, where somebody hacks your pacemaker connects to your phone and says: Pay up or you heart will flutter. But according to Threatpost story we are almost there (my interpretation): “Pacemaker Ecosystem Fails Its Cybersecurity Checkup” there have not been any cases of ransomware or other cybersecurity issues on … Read more

Should CyberSecurity Be An IT Thing?

Before we can answer who should be in charge of Cybersecurity… What is Cybersecurity? Here is Google definition: “The state of being protected against the criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data, or the measures taken to achieve this. So Cybersecurity really means to patch and upgrade your devices.  Configure devices so unauthorized access is … Read more

Cisco Cybersecurity Report: “It’s Mighty Sporting Out There” Wanacry Now?

Cybersecurity in the news: Wannacry ransomware is hitting the news cycle with many high profile organizations having to admit they got hit with ransomware, which means they did not patch their machines for one reason or another. This focus on Cybersecurity is only short term, as the headlines change in the coming days there will … Read more

Will Automation Cause more #Cybersecurity Problems?

There seem to be lots of attention to ‘new’ automation in many areas of our lives. Atlantic Story: ” the Parts of America Most Susceptible to Automation” Notice that no one is interested in Cybersecurity problems that will be created within this new automated world. Sometimes Hollywood is looking further ahead than we are, on … Read more

#SmallBusinessWeek Fail on Cybersecurity

I apologize, but I see most small business do not have plans in place for disaster recovery and Cybersecurity because it does not help them run their companies. True it does not help run the company but it allows you to run the company after a Cyber event happens. I have written about this before … Read more