MikeApplauding the appointment of seasoned cybersecurity policy experts is a premature celebration. Those who follow, and the nature of their agenda, will be a better […]
Category: Computer Security
The Global Ungoverned Area
Looking at the Internet through Westphalian-tinted glasses is not going to make us safer or more secure.
Cyber War: The Fastest Way to Improve Cybersecurity?
It is still a struggle to get people and organizations to take cybersecurity seriously. A cyberspace-based conflict may be the most likely way for us to make progress.
What Cybersecurity and a Trip to the Dentist Have in Common
You have to attack the problem at the root, and that means blood, sweat, and tears.
The Equifax Breach is Not Special
The hue and cry over the Equifax hack has subsided to a dull roar. We’ve passed the stage of ‘initial reports,’ which are usually wrong, […]
No One is Too Small to Attack
The best advice is holistic in nature, not a pitch that plays to your professional strengths.
C.R.E.A.M. IoT Edition
We can go round and round about what’s going to drive improvements in computer security writ large, but when you boil it down it’s really only about one of and/or two things: money and bodies.
The Wolf is Here
This week we learned that those shepherd boys crying ‘wolf’ all those years weren’t playing us for fools, they were just too early.
Cyber Security Through the Lens of an Election
In that sense politics is a lot like cyber security: you prepare for the worst, you assume every day is going to be rocky, but sometimes you get pleasantly surprised.
Save Yourself – Delete Your Data
If an era when remedying computer security failures is cheaper than calling in computer security experts is even remotely realistic, we need to collectively get on board with some new ways of doing things.