Navigating the Mayhem of Bot Management
Bots touch virtually every part of our digital lives — and now account for over half of all web traffic. This represents both a problem and a paradox. Bots can be good, and bots can be bad; removing good bots is bad and leaving bad bots can be even worse ... Read More
It only takes 6,000 smart phones to take down our Public Emergency Response System?
There are fewer scenarios which illustrate an evildoer’s heart than those designed for mass carnage. We are all familiar with the false alarm (human mistake) of the Public Emergency Broadcast system in Hawaii earlier this year, which wreaked havoc throughout the archipelago. However, do we realize how fragile our nation’s ... Read More
2018: Snapshot of the Most Important Worldwide Cybersecurity Laws, Regulations, Directives and Standards
Are you out of breath from the breakneck pace of cyberattacks since the start of 2018? Throughout the world, nearly daily news reports have been filed detailing the results of incredibly effective cyberattacks ranging from small companies to nation-states. The sum total of these attacks has permanently and dramatically changed ... Read More
Federal CISO: Superhero Needed
A famous leadership coach said, “Only Superman can leap tall buildings in a single bound, the rest of us must chip away at our goals one day at a time.” What a befitting quote for the position of Federal CISO! This role of organizing, equipping, training and leading the nation’s ... Read More
New Threat Landscape Gives Birth to New Way of Handling Cyber Security
With the growing online availability of attack tools and services, the pool of possible attacks is larger than ever. Let’s face it, getting ready for the next cyber-attack is the new normal! This ‘readiness’ is a new organizational tax on nearly every employed individual throughout the world. Amazingly enough, attackers ... Read More
IT Can Be a Creepy Clown: Five Things That Keep Me Up At Night
If you are a security professional like me, you probably wind up speaking passionately about an attack vector, a cyber-incident or trends in information security from time-to-time. As such, you probably get approached to opine on a summary of what frightens you the most, and how to drive to sum ... Read More
