Yup, sometimes tech is a double edged sword. While smart doorbells and other web based security cameras discourages crooks, it is not all good news says the FBI in a secret report. On the good side, you get to see who is outside your place (home or work). Typically, these devices are motion sensitive. They […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Centurylink Routing Issues Lead to Massive Internet Outage Last Saturday night/Sunday morning, Centurylink had a bit of a problem, either taking down or severely impacting web site such as Cloudflare, Amazon, Steam, Twitter and many more. Just because a system was designed to stay operating in case of a nuclear attack does not mean that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Gartner defines Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) as those systems “that are engineered to orchestrate sensing, computation, control, networking, and analytics to interact with the physical world, including humans”. CPSs include many IoT, IIoT, critical infrastructure such as electric and water and healthcare systems, among others. Gartner predicts that the LIABILITY from cyber incidents will fall DIRECTLY […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]August 13th, a Day That Will Live in Confusion August 13th is the day that Part B of Section 889 of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act went into effect. It bans the use of equipment and services tied to certain Chinese companies that have been deemed security threats by the United States. Companies that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Unlike Europe, the United States does not have a uniform national privacy law. Instead we have a patchwork of state laws and federal regulations that apply to one industry or another. One of those regulations is Gramm-Leach-Bliley or GLBA. GLBA was signed into law in 1999 and written over the years prior to that. It […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In just the last few months, companies as diverse as Travelex and Canon have been hacked. Universities like UCSF have paid millions to criminals. In just one news feed today, I see the following: AI firm Cense exposed 2.5 million records containing sensitive and confidential medical records that were supposed to be loaded into a […]
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