In late September I published my research paper titled Follow the Data: Dissecting Data Breaches and Debunking the Myths that delved deep into the causes behind data breaches. The goal of the paper was to provide a thorough analysis of data breaches so businesses and organizations could better understand the problem and learn how to defend…
Read MoreData breaches are daily news items. Reports of data breaches affecting governments, hospitals, universities, financial institutions, retailers, and recently an extra-marital affairs site, dominate the news with increasing frequency. This is merely the tip of the data breach iceberg, with the vast majority of incidents remaining unreported and undisclosed. To better understand data breaches, it…
Read MoreI do not exaggerate when I say that it is only a matter of time before your company has to deal with a targeted attack, if it has not yet. In 2014, we saw many victims grapple with an invisible enemy. A very big and recent example of this is the Sony attack which caused a…
Read MoreRecent data breaches in big enterprises like large banks and retail chains make one thing clear: data privacy and protection is a concern for all organizations, not just large ones. If large enterprises with plenty of available resources can be affected by attacks and lose their data, smaller organizations without these resources are at risk as well….
Read MoreI prefer using the phrase “Internet of Everything” when discussing what most people call the Internet of Things because in many ways, the latter term isn’t enough. What makes the Internet of Everything so powerful is the data about you and me that these devices can gather. Consider how these devices actually work. They almost…
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