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Cyber Disasters Still Coming? Yes, We Do Not Learn Fast Enough

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As Washington Post wrote a story about the old Lopht group visit to the Capitol Hill. http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2015/06/22/net-of-insecurity-part-3/ Do you remember the following historical events? True in 1871 Chicago had 330,000 residents. (from https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/CHICAGO-IN-1871-Great-Fire-of-1871 )   But this is what happened when many things happened simultaneously and overwhelmed the fire department response due to conditions(dry): The area of … Read more

Can the Cloud “Fix” Your Security Risks?

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A nice article at Network World about how Milwaukee Tool used the “Cloud” to remake a significant part of the company (product development collaboration). (I like that picture) So we know the Cloud can help with multi-nation or multi-state collaboration efforts. The cloud can help with Application Development (not just tool product development) as well, … Read more

Is The Firewall Useless? or Less Useful?

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Even a Next Generation Firewall(NGFW) will not save your network if the fundamental architecture is designed to prevent the firewall from working properly. Asaf Cidon Posted the following at informationweekDARKReading: http://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/why-the-firewall-is-increasingly-irrelevant/a/d-id/1320800     Obviously a firewall protects machines and users that are behind the firewall. So as Asaf rightly points out when the user data is … Read more

Newsflash: Hackers Hack Firmware on Drug Pump

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Newsflash to all CEO’s when do you understand the problem of no mistakes no matter the potential of attack? Bruce Schneier https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/06/hacking_drug_pu.html Hospira Infusion drug pumps: http://www.hospira.com/en/products_and_services/infusion_pumps/ So the infusion pump helps reduce clinical safety and is now on the network. Guess what will happen next? Hackers will hack… Sure it may take some time … Read more