San Antonio may not be the first city you think of when you think cybersecurity, but it might be time to start. The Alamo City has a long history of cybersecurity innovation and development, being the birthplace of the first analog computer used for gas pipelines in 1955, the first protocol for the Internet of … Read more
Industry buzzwords are a dime a dozen, but few survive the passage of time. A term that popped into our lexicon in approximately 2006, according to Google Trends, and has been gaining traction in 2014, is the “Internet of Things,” or “IoT.” “Internet of Things” and “Internet of Everything” are terms that have been given … Read more
As 2015 starts, there is no shortage of articles, posts, and interviews projecting the year ahead for cybersecurity trends, attack scenarios, and countermeasures. I have reviewed numerous materials (from McAfee Labs, Trend Micro, FireEye, Websense Security Labs, Symantec, etc.) highlighting similar themes around critical infrastructure, mobile device attacks, and the evolution of hacking in general. … Read more
With all of the recent advancements in technology, including the ability for anyone to know what is going on around the world with just a few keystrokes or finger swipes, it is amazing that anything can be a mystery anymore. When I was young, you had to rely on the newspaper, nightly news programs on … Read more
Greetings, Welcome to the Spring 2015 issue of the United States Cybersecurity Magazine! We are honored to be able to continue raising the level of awareness of cybercriminality and bringing solutions to the forefront to educate and protect the United States of America’s government, private sector, and citizens. We would like to thank each and … Read more
