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Building the IoT monster

When Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, she imagined the misguided doctor assembling his creature from dead body parts, who instead of elevating science, created something dark …

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Understanding IoT botnets

If you were online on Friday October 21st, you were probably affected by the DDoS attack against managed DNS provider Dyn. Dyn observed that tens of millions of IP addresses …

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Why don’t all businesses have a good continuity strategy?

It has been said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In the case of disaster recovery, however, businesses tend focus on prevention without anticipating the …

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Federal regulators: Increasing cybersecurity stance on financial institutions

Everyone is increasing the attention of cybersecurity given the continued parade of hacking incidents. Just last week, the three main prudential regulators for financial …

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Best practices for securing your data in-motion

Security and compliance is at the top of every IT pro’s mind, yet much of that effort is focused on protecting data within the organization that’s “at rest.” While it’s …

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IoT security: Defending a young industry from attack

As the IoT industry matures, it’s safe to say we’re well past “early adopter” phase and seeing broader development and deployment. While the prospect of a more established and …

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Four ways to keep data safe during election season

There is no shortage of passionate feelings among voters when it comes to this November’s presidential election. Those feelings extend tenfold to each candidate’s campaigns. …

IoT
Democracy for the Internet of Things

In the past I’ve written a number of times on the way that the IoT potentially changes the relationship between governments and their constituents – and a profound change that …

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How to implement an EFSS ransomware recovery plan

Ransomware attacks are at an all-time high, and security experts warn it has become a matter of “when” not “if” your company will be breached. The number of victims has grown …

Microsoft Windows
October Patch Tuesday: Changes, urgent updates and what’s coming next

The leaves aren’t the only things changing this October. Patch Tuesday is here and with it comes some interesting updates from big names in the software space. This month, …

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Components of an effective vulnerability management process

Vulnerabilities continue to grab headlines. Whether it is a zero-day that affects “tens of millions” servers around the globe or an old unpatched flaw that leads to a data …

Google Station
Google wants to revamp public Wi-Fi networks, but what about security?

William Shakespeare once wrote, “the eyes are the windows to your soul,” but if you ask savvy retailers, they might say it’s guest Wi-Fi. Why? New Wi-Fi systems allow them to …

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