Category: Cyber Security

This year marks the 13th anniversary of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM)! NCSAM was started in 2003 as a collaboration between government & industry, and every October there are "activities, events, and training that will enhance our national security…

What is cloud computing? Typically, an individual stores computer data or applications on their hard drive or on a shared local server within their organization. Cloud computing is a method of storing, processing and managing data on a remote server…

Cyber threats are on the rise - putting businesses, dollars and real lives in grave danger. Regardless of an organization's size, most companies deal with securing personal information, computer networks and connected devices to conduct daily operations. As cyber attacks…

On June 24th, some of the nation's top cybersecurity talent competed in the United States Cyber Challenge (USCC), a virtual capture the flag competition that was held at the end of a week-long camp at Moraine Valley Community College in…

Identity. Comprised of everything associated with your physical being: height, weight, hairstyle and color, voice, even where you live. You do everything in your power to protect this identity. From exercising and eating right, using alarm systems to purchasing insurance.…

Finding adequate data for network and cybersecurity research, student education and staff training is a challenging task. Researchers and other data seekers usually do not have access to the data source in order to collect the data themselves or lack…

QuadMetrics Inc. says it can predict with greater than 90% accuracy the likelihood that a company will be breached within the next year. While one customer says the young company's technology is still maturing, its prediction efforts represent an emerging…

In October the European Court of Justice handed down a ruling invalidating the EC's Safe Harbor Decision, because some governments have access to electronic data that was supposed to be private. Although this seems both esoteric and remote, it will…

Earlier this year, a security firm discovered a global phishing and spam campaign being launched by innocent seeming household appliances. [1] Over the course of two weeks during the Christmas/New Years holiday period, hackers compromised more than 100,000 everyday consumer…

Interested in a career in Cyber Security? The best course I can recommend for you is to decide which area of cyber security you are interested in pursuing. The era of generalists in security is fading behind us quickly. Increasingly,…