Think about the process of buying a new home. There are certain criteria you look for such as the number of bedrooms, lot size, school district and the ever important – location. The latter is, after all, the golden rule in real estate. So imagine you find a home that met all of your criteria … Read more
Many enterprises wisely consider regular security vulnerability scans on information processing systems to be a vital component of their security programs. They allow the administrator to locate security weaknesses, assist in asset management and, most importantly, comply with regulatory compliance. In a traditional environment, the process is not difficult to carry out, but with the … Read more
CYBERSECURITY DEFINED While attending several cybersecurity conferences recently I noticed a lack of a common understanding of what cybersecurity is. I also noticed some confusion between cybersecurity and information assurance. I observed that many cybersecurity professionals and even NIST documents were advocating cybersecurity policy based on the 1991 McCumber model of information security (McCumber, 1991) … Read more
I was attacked by the Keylogger malware! It started like any other day at home waiting for the laptop to acquire the internet. I was receiving unexpected advertising pop-ups. I called a computer tech friend and he found out that I had 141 viruses, which he had to remove. He also told me about the … Read more
With its collection of high-tech commercial assets, academic institutions with expanding cybersecurity programs and its proximity to federal government, Maryland has become the nation’s cybersecurity epicenter. Maryland is home to 50 federal agencies and research facilities, including the National Security Agency (NSA), Cyber Command, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the National Institute of Standards … Read more
In recent years, two significant developments — (1) the sabotage of centrifuges and Programmable Logic Controllers at Iran’s secret Natanz nuclear fuel-enrichment facility by the Stuxnet worm, and (2) the accelerating growth in the tremendous investment by American information technology (“IT”) giants in Israel — have come to epitomize the close cooperation between the U.S. … Read more
The Department of Defense (DoD) has as part of its mission to prevent and deter national security threats and attacks on the American people – but what if the DoD can’t prevent its own employees and service members from contributing to or causing security breaches? A recent survey1 conducted by SolarWinds and Market Connections found … Read more
“…For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the … Read more
Information Security is a growing concern across all Health and Human Services (HSS) agencies as well as hospitals, doctor offices and any organization dealing with Personal Identifiable Information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI). Specifically, the proliferation of mobile devices and their potential for storing and transferring sensitive information requires a new approach to how … Read more
The domain of cybersecurity has experienced exponential growth within the past several years, and with this growth has come the need for programs to educate and train the personnel employed in the field. A recent search on the internet for “cybersecurity training” returned 25,100,000 results, with options extending across degree and certificate programs at universities … Read more
