Technology and the Early Renaissance Poets
If you’ve been following trends in higher education (or sending kids to college), you probably know that we are experiencing an almost post-Sputnik emphasis on science and technology, a national push for more kids to pursue engineering and technology degrees. But is this the death of the humanities? Is there no room for liberal arts […]
Nude Photos of Cybersecurity Hacked
Cybersecurity is a beautiful thing… …but is it as beautiful as Jennifer Lawrence or Kate Upton? As always, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but in recent days, beauty has also been in the hands of the hacker. While you may or may not have nude photos of yourself stored safely in the lofty […]
The Trust Fund of Cybersecurity
What if life offered a financial safety net, an assurance that the path would be relatively smooth, even if things didn’t play out as planned along the way? What if you could set your business up to benefit from such a structure, promoting current-staff stewardship of your network and data while protecting the same assets […]
Evolution of the IT Guy
It was not that long ago that IT was the young kid who knew how to connect the desktop to the spool printer using the serial cable. Then computers started talking to each other, so the crazy kids had to understand routers and modems, and they ran miles of CAT 5 through the walls and […]
Three Secret Cybersecurity Solutions Revealed
According to the global consortium on digital marketing, the headline above should pique your interest with its combination of keywords, adjectives, and promises. You know better than that. The irony, you probably recognize, is that the assumption that such a headline will predictably capture your attention, one supported by lots of data, also contributes to […]
Malware Reaches Disapproval Rating of U.S. Congress
It has been reported that nearly 74,000 new viruses or strains were created every day of 2013. Every day. Granted, most of these are readily eliminated or mitigated by antivirus software and proper digital hygiene, but the fact remains that every day new threats emerge, with lessons learned from the previous day’s failures, ready to […]
ICS protects CIA
Okay, so it’s probably not the CIA you’re thinking of. This CIA is potentially even more vital to the success of your business or organization than the one with the secret agents and covert operations. CIA is an acronym used in the cyber community to characterize security,* and it serves as a good starting point […]
Restricting the Social Media Diet
If we use social media in the hiring process, does employee presence in that space increase organization vulnerability? Increasingly, recruiters and employers are using social media to screen candidates. On the bright side, candidates can and are rewarded for the creativity and writing skills they display. The dark side is the overwhelming tendency to […]
Dragonfly Joins Mosquito as Seasonal Nuisance
That buzzing in your ear punctuated by the tiny sting on the back of your neck serves as a reminder that summer is upon us. We break out the bug spray and even send pesticide-laden trucks into the evening streets to protect us against the onslaught of mosquitoes. Turns out they’re not the only pests […]
Yankee Doodle Data
As we celebrate our national spirit now 238 years in the making, let’s look nostalgically at the business of yesterday, before markets were global, when deals were sealed with handshakes, and algorithms were just complicated math problems. These were the halcyon days of punchcard data and paper files, Leviathan computers and two-martini lunches. It was […]
