Cybersecurity for Local Governments 2018
2018 update on cybersecurity for local governments. This year marks the rise of the new threat to Local Government from nation states...
Default Security Settings, What Needs to Change?
Today, news agencies and outlets are reporting Information Technology (IT) breaches and loss of protected data at alarming rates. The...
Student Notes November 2017
Don, Since we'd been talking about AI recently in the beginning of class before we get down to the lesson of the day, thought you'd might...
The Wolf
Stop what you are doing and watch this. It's a big ad for HP but you gotta take a minute to view it. Especially after what we were...
Recent Data Breaches 4 OCT 2017
Equifax Given the nature the breach I have been tracking this is a separate blog post. So far we can determine their inventory process,...
Who can you trust? Malware in your anti-malware.
Ccleaner, an anti-malware program used by over 2 million users had been Trojanized (compromised) by hackers to deliver malware. You...
Equifax Data Breach News
The Equifax data breach will become a watershed moment in the history of cybersecurity. Not because of the number of records released,...
What should you do about the Equifax data breach?
It is still early in the investigation and new information continues to come to light, but it is clear that almost half of all Americans...
Data Breaches on the Rise
March sees an increase in the number or records from data breaches. At least 17 companies have had breaches and the number of...
Hacks, Time to Discovery
One of the largest problems security practitioners have is breach detection. Typically it takes about 5 to 6 months to discover a breach...