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risk management

The Risks of Using Cloud Services

When J. C. R. “Lick” Licklider developed ARPAnet in 1962, he had the vision of creating a device that could receive and send data simultaneously amongst a large group of people. He called this idea the “Intergalactic Computer Network”. It carried the necessary principles that would find today’s Internet and, later, cloud computing and storage. In 2018, the Internet had 3.2 billion users. As a result, large amounts of data production and sharing created the demand for quicker, more collaborative storage solutions as an alternative to physical drives.

Mar 4, 2019Read more →
cybersecurity

The Insecurity of Facial Recognition

The monumental success of the semi-automated facial recognition traces its roots back in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in 1988. Detectives used composite drawings of suspects and ran them through the very first system deployed to the Lakewood Division, in hopes that the digitized mugshots in their database would reveal who their prime suspect would be.

Feb 18, 2019Read more →
cybersecurity

Internet of Things and the Impact of Smart Technology on Cybersecurity

In 2015, experts declared that the fourth industrial revolution had begun in Germany and other countries. The manufacturing industry started developing smart machines to do more complex work and in the years that followed, these smart machines include fitness bracelets connected to mobile applications that give real-time updates on exercise routines, and in smart refrigerators that can communicate if it’s time to order more groceries.

Feb 12, 2019Read more →
corporate

Automation of Cybersecurity and the Role of Virtual CISOs

2018 presented the possibilities and opportunities for cybersecurity. Unfortunately, these same technological advancements can be used for cybercrime. According to Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report , malware and cyber threats continue to increase each year. Since 2017, there has been a 54% increase in mobile malware making systems more and more vulnerable. Cisco’s report shows that ransomware attacks exponentially increase by 350% per year, showing cause for urgency. With hackers and cyber criminals finding different ways to finesse through protected networks and hardware, it is high time for corporations to counter these threats.

Feb 12, 2019Read more →
cybersecurity

The FDA Guide: How Medical Devices Can Be Secured

Medical devices have gone from simple bandages that help wrap up wounds to MRI machines that scan the body for organ irregularities. With increasing complexity over the last five years, these devices have come to rely on software and the Internet to assist people with more efficiency. Now that these machines are able to communicate with one another, their network is susceptible to data loss and compromise due to cyberattacks. A good example of this was the 2017 WannaCry’s ransomware attack against the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), costing them £92M to recover the data and its subsequent cleanup.

Jan 10, 2019Read more →
cybersecurity

A 2018 Cybersecurity Review

The threats and opportunities Cyber advancements and events took center stage this year. This brought about new threats, opportunities, and solutions that are worth looking back to and learning from. As 2018 comes to a close, let us review four major trends:

Dec 28, 2018Read more →
cybersecurity

An Imminent Connection: 5G and Its Cybersecurity Implications

Over the past few years, businesses have increasingly shifted towards digital customer communication and records. As efficiency and connectivity of this digitization of business has increased, so have the likelihood and potential damage of cyberattacks. As our society nears yet another informational shift towards 5th generation (5G) wireless networks, these already prevalent dangers to corporate data security will intensify.

Nov 27, 2018Read more →
risk management

The Role of AI in Cybersecurity

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have become fundamental to cybersecurity. Artificial Intelligence has the amazing capacity for use to protect as well as to do harm. In the wrong applications, AI has a tremendous capacity to render security systems useless. Grasping the scope of AI’s capabilities and strengths and how it can help protect information is, therefore, essential for any firm concerned with data security.

Nov 1, 2018Read more →
cybersecurity

The Future of Blockchain Technology in Cybersecurity

Modern cyberattacks frequently target companies with large data holdings. Last year, Equifax, a credit reporting agency that collects information on nearly 800 million individuals and 88 million businesses worldwide, fell victim to a massive attack that compromised the personal information of 150 million customers. Just earlier this year, GitHub, a major online software development platform, suffered from a DDoS attack that overloaded their servers with simultaneous online traffic of 1.35 TB per second. Attacks such as these are increasingly frequent and are often used to steal valuable customer data from companies. In response to this growing threat, blockchain technology is now being implemented by some companies.

Oct 24, 2018Read more →

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