By Lauren Edwards,on April 24th,2012%  Continued series from the Swift Exchange event in DC on April 11th. I’d like to specially thank Steve Chabinsky,Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s cyber division for starting this discussion. As discussed in the last blog,securing cyber space can endanger the free flow of information but we must discover and implement ways to globally collaborate around new [...] . . . →Read More:The Trendy Side of Cyber By Bradley Rotter,on April 20th,2012%  We have entered the MOCLO era. Mobility is becoming more prevalent in business and personal uses by the minute. In this great article found in Forbes on April 18,2012,the movement away from PCs and to Mobility is discussed. The article is copied below:“Yesterday,the president of Verizon Enterprise Solutions,John Stratton discussed how technology shifts would transform [...] . . . →Read More:Verizon’s Stratton:The Future of IT is Mobile and Cloud By Lauren Edwards,on April 19th,2012%  Last week I was fortunate enough to attend a Cyber Exchange hosted by Swift Exchange. The event in DC had an impressive list of speakers,panelists and attendees to discuss domestic and international cyber,privacy issues involving cyber,defense options and future trends. This will lead to a series of blog posts. Three big ideas:A cyber war is eminent. The [...] . . . →Read More:The Invisible Boundaries of Cyber By Lauren Edwards,on January 24th,2012%  “After a security breach at the United States Chamber of Commerce last year,the Chamber discovered that its office printer,and even a thermostat in a Chamber-owned apartment,had been communicating with an Internet address in China.” – NY Times This is a scary example of unknowingly transmitting information to an outside location. However,it’s not alone. Earlier [...] . . . →Read More:Can You See Me Now? By Lauren Edwards,on December 29th,2011%  Guess what? Bionic man is alive and he’s in the form of millions of people surrounding you. Scared? Don’t be;you’re one too. People often joke that they could not pry their teenager’s iPhone out of his or her hands if their life depended on it. This is met with understanding laughs but we aren’t really [...] . . . →Read More:Bionic Man:2012 Style By Tom Kellermann,on December 6th,2011%  As we hear the drone of commentary regarding the advanced persistent threat, we must come to appreciate that these attacks are nothing new. The APT,aka digital insider,is merely the natural evolution of tradecraft and criminality. The arms bazaar of the internet has leveraged asymmetrical capabilities to the masses. The hackers and traditional miscreants will [...] . . . →Read More:From Fortresses to Dungeons By Lauren Edwards,on November 15th,2011%  The ability to change what you can do depending on where you are or who you’re with is something we all wish we could do. If you walked into a room where no one spoke your language,wouldn’t you love the ability to suddenly speak the common language? Wouldn’t you love to know what you [...] . . . →Read More:Empowerment through Transformation By Tom Kellermann,on October 27th,2011%  Nearly a decade ago,the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies noted a developing trend and,in response,developed one of the first cyber security insurance products. As a leader in this industry,Chubb has continued to respond to the changing landscape. Now,due to the explosion of corporate smartphones and PDAs,Chubb will support the [...] . . . →Read More:Mobile Risk Management:Blazing New Trails Through the Cyber Forest By Tom Kellermann,on October 11th,2011% Our country is hemorrhaging a library of congress of data every week. One terabyte of data is exfiltrated from our networks weekly,by both state and non-state actors. Private Manning –Mr. Assange’s mule - facilitated the WikiLeaks fiasco (http://wikileaks.org). In case you have been traveling in Timbuktu,Wikileaks ushered in the new anarchy movement. Since Private [...] . . . →Read More:Mirror Mirror on the Wall By Lauren Edwards,on October 6th,2011% “You can’t connect the dots looking forward;you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.” – Steve Jobs The passing of Steve Jobs yesterday,October 5th,is a moment to be marked in entrepreneur and innovation’s history. Learning the news last night,his [...] . . . →Read More:Connect the Dots | |