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Without trust, the adoption slows and therefore spending diminishes over time, which reduces available resources for innovation. Everything becomes inhibited and our digital world stagnates or grinds to a halt.

Cybersecurity (security, privacy, and sa

We believe, isn't a single technology/solution but is a complex program which consists of people, process and technology. Sandboxing or any single technology can only provide partial protection against “real” advanced attacks. We suggest organizat

New CPU Vulnerabilities Discovered

RIDL/ZombieLoad and L1DES/CacheOut are just the latest variants of vulnerabilities discovered in Intel CPU’s that target Micro-architectural Data Sampling (MDS) weaknesses. Discovered over 7 months ago, researchers r

Avast was recently caught selling user's web browsing data.  Sensitive data like website destinations, search terms, and even what videos customers watched were collected by Avast software residing on customers' computers.  The data was repackaged an

Artificial intelligence – more specifically, the machine learning (ML) subset of AI - has a number of privacy problems.

Not only does ML require vast amounts of data for the training process, but the derived system is also provided with access to even

Topic of discussion : The Talent Shortage in Cybersecurity

Listen To Podcast: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/6c842a64-cff1-4119-beb3-1989940c47cf

Thank you Katelyn Ilkani, I thoroughly enjoyed discussing the challenges of the talent shortage in cy

For over 30 years I have continually sought-out new professional challenges, been enticed at opportunities to overcome near-impossible obstacles, and have taken on new roles to further the cybersecurity industry. 

It is time for the next big move and

The video conference company Zoom has skyrocketed to new heights and plummeted to new lows in the past few weeks.  It is one of the handful of communications applications that is perfectly suited to a world beset by quarantine actions, yet has fallen

The Coronavirus pandemic is changing how people receive healthcare with a shift to more remote diagnosis options being rolled out as a first line of care.  The advantages are many, but as an unfortunate result, healthcare data breaches will begin to

Zoom is in crisis mode, facing grave and very public concerns regarding the trust in management’s commitment for secure products, the respect for user privacy, the honesty of its marketing, and the design decisions that preserve a positive user exper

Cybersecurity in 2020 will be evolutionary but not revolutionary.  Although there is always change and churn, much of the foundational drivers remain relatively stable.  Attacks in the next 12 months are likely to persist in ways already known but ta

It is always nice to see projects that are open and free to use, to advance technology in secure, private, and safe ways.  Curiosity Labs provides startups and established companies a no-cost real-world testing infrastructure to innovate smart city a

Turkey may be the first customer for the Kargu series of weaponized suicide drones specifically developed for military use.  These semi-autonomous devices have been in development since 2017 and will eventually be upgraded to operate collectively as

Bugcrowd has released some interesting survey data that provides insights into the white-hat vulnerability researcher community.

Of note, most researchers were male (94%) and make less than $25k per year finding vulnerabilities. A vast majority were m

I am excited to be recognized with such great cybersecurity though-leaders! 

Now more than ever, cybersecurity is becoming a critical pillar to the proliferation of digital technology.  Trust in the devices and systems is crucial that people, companie

The first warning sign was “hackproof” in the 360Lock marketing materials. As it turns out, with no surprise to any security professional, the NFC and Bluetooth enabled padlock proved to be anything but secure.

Straightforward penetration testing reve

I am seeing many security vendors developing products to unify solutions into a single management interface. I fear this is just a sales tactic to gain greater market share and not intended to help the plight of CISO’s

A recent article from ComputerWe

Why is the Sacramento region ripe for innovation in Cybersecurity?

Come join the online Sacramento Urban Technology Lab conference where a panel including Malcolm Harkins, Kimberley Owen, George Usi, Carmen Marsh, and myself will discuss why Sac is a

Does society want governments to take on the role of protecting the Internet? Should the Internet be considered a Critical Infrastructure and therefore be overseen by governments? Will such actions undermine privacy and liberty or will it be demanded