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A Journey in Organizational Resilience: Supply Chain and Third Parties

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The next stop on our journey focuses on those that you rely on: supply chains and third parties.  Working with external partners can be difficult. But, there is a silver lining. Recent attacks have resulted in an industry wake-up call when it comes to cybersecurity resilience. You see, the purpose of using external partners is […]

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Cybersecurity Trends and Emerging Threats in 2021

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The year 2021 is finally here, bringing with it the promise of a brighter future — but a long road ahead. In this piece, we’ll dive into five cybersecurity trends that pose significant potential risk in 2021 and offer practical advice to help entities reduce overall risk. The first quarter of 2021 represents a cybersecurity […]

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Cybersecurity Gaps and Opportunities in the Logistics Industry

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Shipping and logistics is, in many ways, the backbone of our lives and businesses. What business doesn’t benefit from fresh food or a timely delivery? Unfortunately, this industry is open to cyberattacks just like anyone else. Luckily, groups in the trucking and logistics industry aren’t powerless to address these challenges. Check out how you can […]

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COBOL Isn’t The Issue: A Misinterpreted Crisis

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Is history doomed to repeat itself? Or rather, is there really any doubt that it isn’t, considering recent events that made the news? I am of course talking about New Jersey’s call for COBOL programmers to fix their ancient unemployment system, collapsing under the application spikes caused by the COVID-19 …read more

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Are Cybercriminals Winning the Mainframe Security Cat-and-Mouse Game?

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The current state of mainframe security often amounts to bringing a knife to a gun fight: The number of available fighters is shrinking as skilled mainframe security practitioners hang up their hats.

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Big Beautiful Vintage Computers, and Where To Find Them

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[Ken Shirriff] recently shared some pictures and a writeup from his visit to the Large Scale Systems Museum, a remarkable private collection of mainframes and other computers from the 1970s to the 1990s. Housed in a town outside Pittsburgh, it contains a huge variety of specimens including IBM mainframes and …read more

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Teaching A Vintage Line Printer To Make Music, All Over Again

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Sit next to any piece of machinery long enough and you get to know it by the sounds it makes. Think about the sounds coming from any 3D-printer or CNC machine; it’s easy to know without looking when the G code is working through the sines and cosines needed to …read more

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