Originally published on Tripwire, May 24, 2017 Understandably, a few eyebrows raise up when I suggest today’s cybersecurity challenges started nearly 370 years ago, some 300 years before the invention of ENIAC (the world’s first digital computer). But I stand by this observation because of the unintended clash of two systems: the nation-state and the Internet. … [Read more…]
Originally Published on SDICyber on May 23rd, 2017 Protecting yourself in cyberspace requires multiple solutions working all together Be cautious of the cybersecurity vendor that promises you a technical solution that will solve all of your cybersecurity problems. Life, unfortunately, is not that simple and a one-size-fits-all approach is bound to get you in trouble … [Read more…]
By The #CyberAvengers Paul Ferrillo, Chuck Brooks, Kenneth Holley, George Platsis, George Thomas, Shawn Tuma, and Christophe Veltsos Originally Published on Levick on May 15th, 2017 Curiosity, turned blind luck, saved us from something far worse from what we saw on Friday. Had it not been for a British malware researcher registering some gobbledygook of a … [Read more…]
By Paul Ferrillo & George Platsis Originally published on Tripwire, May 9, 2017 In previous articles on understanding big data, the need for AI, using encryption and tokenization (including the drawbacks of encryption), and the series on human vulnerabilities, we laid down just some of the building blocks necessary to create a robust cybersecurity strategy. Yet … [Read more…]
By The #CyberAvengers Paul Ferrillo, Chuck Brooks, Kenneth Holley, George Platsis, George Thomas, Shawn Tuma, and Christophe Veltsos Originally Published on Levick on May 8th, 2017 Let us take a headcount of recent events: the attack on the Ukraine’s electric grid, a LinkedIn data dump as a result of a 2012 breach, the information warfare … [Read more…]