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Systemic Vulnerabilities In The Digital Age

In case you haven’t seen the news today, the morning started with United Airlines saying that they experienced a “system-wide computer problem”.   United later said that an issue with a network router “degraded network connectivity for various applications, causing this morning’s operational disruption”.  The disruption meant that no United flights took off from about […]

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Credit Monitoring Services – Are They Worth It?

It   is common, if not automatic, for companies that have their information systems breached to offer credit monitoring services, and this includes medical record breaches.  Consumers can also pay companies like Lifelock to provide the same services.  The question is do they work and the answer is, for the most part, not really. Brian Krebs […]

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The Internet Of Things – Its Only Going To Get Worse

Everyone talks about “The Internet Of Things” (IoT), whether it is a web accessible security camera or your internet connected refrigerator that tells you when you are low on milk.  Recently, a stalker talked to a nanny while she changed the baby’s diaper.  We have also seen home routers with vulnerabilities that allow a hacker […]

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