What do I mean by Cybersecurity problems? How about not patching or upgrading your devices, taking inventory of your devices. Making changes to the network or systems and not thinking about security. Or just plain old errors, mistakes, issues that arise after something new happens. Why would we not pay attention to these things? What … Read more
Deepfakes are computer generated images and footage of real people. I.e. a computer generated images or video from a program (or algorithm). FireEye has a paper that discusses this phenomenon: https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2020/08/repurposing-neural-networks-to-generate-synthetic-media-for-information-operations.html? Instead of talking theory and what happens once the cat is out of the bag, let’s give some good examples: https://www.wsj.com/articles/fraudsters-use-ai-to-mimic-ceos-voice-in-unusual-cybercrime-case-11567157402 “Criminals used artificial … Read more
So i was watching youtube and wanted to find a video of a current Cybersecurity conference – instead this video made me realize that what Nick is saying has some value to repeat and expound: The Five Laws of Cybersecurity | Nick Espinosa | TEDxFondduLac So I reduced it to 4 because his number 5 … Read more
I have talked about the Psychology of Security as penned by Bruce Schneier (2019 post) – where he outlines the effect of the person trying avoid spending money if it is a risk to lose money, whereas in a casino we are willing to risk money to make more money. But in a company with … Read more
Palo Alto Networks has a Zero trust explanation: “Zero Trust is a strategic initiative that helps prevent successful data breaches by eliminating the concept of trust from an organization’s network architecture. Rooted in the principle of “never trust, always verify,” Zero Trust is designed to protect modern digital environments by leveraging network segmentation, preventing lateral movement, … Read more