Collaborate Disseminate
Elizabeth Warren wants to be the Democrat nominee in the 2020 presidential election. Last week she added a new promise to her manifesto: “It’s time to break up Amazon, Google and Facebook,” she announced.
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Continue reading Ten Principles for a New Approach to Regulating the Internet
The UK is in a momentous political week. Three separate parliamentary votes will decide the future of the UK and the EU for many years to come. They will decide between a hard Brexit (no deals, just leave), a delayed Brexit, and possibly no Brexit. Unu… Continue reading Pro-Brexit Twitter Manipulation Continues
Jackson County, Georgia is just a little over 60 miles from the City of Atlanta. In March 2018, Atlanta was struck by a major ransomware attack. In March 2019, Jackson County suffered its own ransomware attack. Both attacks were successful targeted att… Continue reading Georgia County Criticized Over $400K Ransomware Payment
2001 was not a good year for Microsoft. Its servers were ravaged by the Code Red and Nimda worms. In 2002, Bill Gates responded with his seminal ‘security memo’ to staff. He talked about security and trust — that customers should be able to trust the … Continue reading Mark Zuckerberg Describes a New Privacy-Centric Facebook
The growth of Russia’s attempts to manipulate American public opinion since 2015 is well known and documented. At heart, it is basic political propaganda — which is an accepted tool of international diplomacy. Russia, however, is commonly perceived as… Continue reading How China Exploits Social Media to Influence American Public
Report Shows Major Disconnect Between Cybersecurity and Cyber Everywhere in Digital Transformation
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Continue reading Organizations Not Positioned for Success in Tackling Cyber Demands: Deloitte
Cybersecurity startup firm PolySwarm has officially launched at this year’s RSAC. It describes itself as a ‘VirusTotal replacement’, and is an innovative malware detection marketplace based on blockchain contracts and virtual currency payments.
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Fileless attacks are increasing and are more likely to succeed than traditional file-based malware. Most defenses seek to detect them by recognizing anomalous behavior on the network — but this is basically an after-the-event approach.
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Continue reading Virsec Launches Application Memory Firewall
5,558 IT professionals from more than 150 countries involved in DevOps self-identified their level of maturity. What emerged from a subsequent survey was a close correlation between elite DevOps and DevSecOps — there is a marked shift left for securit… Continue reading Security Shifts Left to be Part of Software Development Best Practice: Report
A new survey of senior security leader attitudes and practices concentrates on ‘anticipating the unknowns’. It’s a clever choice of words. ‘Anticipating’ implies getting ahead of and being prepared for the unknowns — which is different and more accura… Continue reading Cisco Publishes Annual CISO Benchmark Study