Cybersecurity Gaps Across Government, New Monitoring Tool, and More
This month, the Department of Energy, in working with the White House, Department of Homeland Security, and power companies, will test a…
Avoiding Cyber Threat Amnesia
My involvement in the non-profit educational and research organization Cyber Conflict Studies Association over the last several years has led…
Passwords are the Weakest Link in Enterprise IT Security
Organizations are spending millions of dollars to beef up their data, application and network security, but still keep overlooking one…
The 4 Biggest Problems with Big Data
People are buzzing about the promise of big data. That’s because it enables companies to obtain meaningful insights into customer behaviors, attitudes…
INSA Report: Cloud Computing: Risks, Benefits, and Mission Enhancement for the Intelligence Community
On 13 march 2012, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) released a report culminating a years worth of interviews…
Are Public Clouds Complex Environments?
A recent analyst report suggests public clouds are prone to failure because they are inherently complex. However, just because there…
Update on the 6 March 2012 Government Big Data Forum
With this post I provide an update on the 6 March 2012 Government Big Data Forum, sponsored by Carahsoft. This…
Predictive Policing with Big Data
Police Departments nationwide have been using data and statistics to drive policing since the 90s in an approach founded by…
Passwords Suck: Learn About and Use Multi-Factor Authentication
Passwords suck. Passwords suck. They are long, hard to remember (even if you have easier-to-remember phrases), moreso when new, and…
An Analysis of A NASA Dbase Hack-and-Dump
This is just another in a long string of NASA security breaches [Editor's note: this analysis predates any official announcements…
