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
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
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
I’m always looking for more attack angles into the network. What is the weakest link? To know the answer to the question we need to investigate what Risk = likelihood * impact is in our organization. It is more exciting to talk about higher productivity, faster computers, and sales of product xyz. But a weak … Read more
A form of Criminal AI is happening now. Botnets have a certain amount of intelligence, Criminal hackers are using sophisticated botnets to perform their functions on the Internet. I want to assert that the precursor to AI (Artificial Intelligence) has been the various programs hackers have developed in the near past. To truly assess … Read more
