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A C(I)SO View on RSA 2017: “China Is Hiring in the US”

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Two weeks ago, while visiting the yearly security gathering at the RSA conference in San Francisco’s Moscone center complex (and adjacent hotels – it’s growing like mad), I was walking across the North and South Expo halls to check out some vendors (Several I had appointments with, some by curiosity, and a few that were […]… Read More

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A C(I)SO View on RSA 2017: “China Is Hiring in the US”

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Two weeks ago, while visiting the yearly security gathering at the RSA conference in San Francisco’s Moscone center complex (and adjacent hotels – it’s growing like mad), I was walking across the North and South Expo halls to check out some vendors (Several I had appointments with, some by curiosity, and a few that were […]… Read More

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The Next Wave for Cybersecurity Awareness

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The annual RSA Conference is a lot of things to a lot of people (43,000 this year!). For me, it’s become an annual opportunity to step out of the stream and to look back at what has happened in the last year and peer forward at what’s to come. This year, I think we have […]… Read More

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New Wine in Old Bottles? – Continuity and Change in Trump Administration Cybersecurity Policy

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The revised – and still draft – version of the Trump Administration’s first Executive Order (EO) on cybersecurity shows both continuity and positive change over the Obama Administration’s policy pronouncements, addressing federal agency network protection, critical infrastructure cybersecurity, and national cyber defense priorities. Federal Networks and the new EO The current EO establishes the NIST […]… Read More

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GDPR and the DPO: Five Things to Know About Your Next Job Vacancy

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If the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the EU’s data protection harmonisation project, was to become Hollywood movie, its genre would most likely be horror. Focus on the regulation over the past twelve months has been mostly aimed toward its penalties, with scare stories in no short supply. The GDPR has been called many things; […]… Read More

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The Cost of Stolen Information Available on the Dark Web

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Large hacks and cyber-attacks aimed at exploiting information, affecting everyone from major company databases to politician’s email accounts, have now become a common occurrence in our ever-connected world. This hacked information – and the act of accessing it – has rapidly become a sought-after product and service on dark web marketplaces. Coupled with the measures […]… Read More

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Information Technology: Spending Is Investing

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As the cloud continues to gain momentum, companies worldwide are increasing their spending towards the IT sector. Traditional IT systems are declining as modern digital technologies like AI and virtual reality are proving to be strong business driving forces. Indeed, the IT sector is being dominated by emerging cloud infrastructure, AI, VR, blockchain, and other […]… Read More

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The Ransomware Decryption Deception: How Various Scammers Trick Ransomware Victims Into Paying More

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Ever since the first large-scale ransomware attacks started targeting individual users, companies, and government institutions, we have witnessed that the primary malicious actor is usually a hacker or a hacker collective. More and more victims are now browsing the web looking for a way to get rid of the threat by not paying the ransom […]… Read More

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January 2017: The Month in Ransomware

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The year of 2017 isn’t shaping up to be a game changer in combatting ransomware so far. On the contrary, crypto infections are becoming increasingly toxic in terms of their impact and attack surface. Online extortionists keep hitting police departments, healthcare organizations, public libraries, schools, hotels, and unprotected servers around the globe. The quantitative statistics […]… Read More

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Information Security Professional: A Song for the Unheard Hero

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When I stand in front of people and or watch people receive awards for “the most calls made” or “high volume of contact with customer,” I think, “That is great and all, but do they know what it takes to make that happen? Do they know who is up late at nights protecting them, their […]… Read More

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