Defend Your Systems
To answer why Cybersecurity? we must discuss how software is being developed. There are traditional software methods (also called waterfall) from the following site: http://www.umsl.edu/~hugheyd/is6840/waterfall.html I always like to break…
Yes we(humans) are Risk seeking with losses, and risk averse with gains. https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2008/01/the_psychology_of_se.html “Security is a tradeoff,” Schneier said, speaking to a packed audience at his RSA session. “What are…
Office Personnel Managment hack now suspected also of stealing fingerprint data. http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/2015/07/14/How-Much-Damage-Can-OPM-Hackers-Do-With-Million-Fingerprints What can be done with a stolen fingerprint? Is it really only a foreign government coup? Can the…
Brian Krebs does a great job reviewing the details at his latest post http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/09/inside-target-corp-days-after-2013-breach/#more-32276 The analysis of Target’s breach is obvious in the level of insecurity in Target 2012. Default…
The latest story from Arstechnica: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/ftc-can-sue-companies-with-poor-information-security-appeals-court-says/ Builds on the previous post: http://oversitesentry.com/courts-uphold-ftc-regulation-punishment-to-negligent-company/ Higher regulation –> higher lawsuit fees –> More costs to a breach. Wyndham had ineffective Cybersecurity and FTC…