Author Archives: conrad

Energy companies in the US were hacked 79 times last year according to a survey by ThreatTrack Security. The survey found that 35% of respondents reported endpoints on their network had been infected by malware that evaded their defenses during … Continue reading →

We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And although we’ve spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect these lies by tracking physiological changes in their tellers, these methods have proved unreliable. Is there … Continue reading →

A survey of federal IT managers commissioned by the Fort Meade Alliance in both the civilian and defense sectors showed a shift in cybersecurity concerns – from outside actors to insider threats and a focus on the need to educate … Continue reading →

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Computer security relies on a great number of links, hardware, software and something else altogether: you. The greatest threat to information security is actually people. Why strive to defeat encrypted … Continue reading →

Up until now, many people think that cyberattacks just amount to stolen credit card numbers or computer viruses or something. That’s not really the case. While your Mastercard and MacBook are valuable things to protect, the technology that relies on … Continue reading →

Digital technology has opened many new doors for organizations, enabling greater brand engagement and innovative customer experiences. But, at the same time, it has also exponentially multiplied the points of vulnerability for data breaches and theft of proprietary data. With … Continue reading →

Bob Foreman’s architecture firm ran up a $166,000 phone bill in a single weekend last March. The swindle, which on the web is easier to pull off and more profitable, affects mostly small businesses and cost victims $4.73 billion globally … Continue reading →

Cybersecurity breaches such as those at Target (TGT), Home Depot (HD), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) are expensive and embarrassing. While attacks may come from outside hackers, the FBI recently issued a warning that internal hacking from current and former employees … Continue reading →

Earlier this month, Home Depot confirmed its payment systems were breached and said some 56 million payment cards were likely compromised in a cyberattack at its stores, suggesting the hacking attack at the home improvement chain was larger than last … Continue reading →

Efforts to improve the security of cyberspace have fallen short due to a general inability to grasp the economic and psychological dimensions of the problem, said White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel. “The bad guys primarily get through vulnerabilities that … Continue reading →