Originally published on Tripwire, August 13, 2017 Previously, I proposed that security and economy are inextricably linked and that such a link has the potential to increase both national and personal prosperity. If you are a student of history, I do not believe you will have any difficulty accepting this hypothesis, particularly when you put aside … [Read more…]
By The #CyberAvengers Paul Ferrillo, Chuck Brooks, Kenneth Holley, George Platsis, George Thomas, Shawn Tuma, and Christophe Veltsos Originally Published on Brink on July 11th, 2017 This past month cybersecurity legislation, called Promoting Good Cyber Hygiene Act of 2017, was introduced that would mandate the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), … [Read more…]
Originally published on Tripwire, May 24, 2017 Understandably, a few eyebrows raise up when I suggest today’s cybersecurity challenges started nearly 370 years ago, some 300 years before the invention of ENIAC (the world’s first digital computer). But I stand by this observation because of the unintended clash of two systems: the nation-state and the Internet. … [Read more…]
By George Platsis & Paul Ferrillo Originally published on Levick.com, April 4, 2017 What is the Private Sector’s Cybersecurity Role? The safety of the Internet is at stake. A relatively obvious comment, but one which is neither unfounded, nor wrapped up in the auto-hysteria, as so many cybersecurity conversations are today. Why do we say … [Read more…]
HAS INFORMATION GONE ROGUE? 18 OCT 2016 So I am back because the second trailer of Rogue One was released a few days ago and because of that other cyber security related thing some of you may have heard of: #WikiLeaks. I have been extremely reluctant to make any comments on the #Podesta e-mails; there … [Read more…]
Originally published: January 2014 Author’s Note: Excerpt (Foreword only) Admitting We Do Not Know Writing this was difficult. In fact, by the time it is read, one single event could render the entire posting meaningless. That is the exact reason why it is was difficult to write and also why it will likely bear little resemblance … [Read more…]
Originally released: November 20, 2014 (by the Mackenzie Institute) Author’s note: previously unattributed article. Context As shown on multiple media channels, the first question asked of Toronto’s Police Chief Bill Blair at his news conference on October 22, 2014, after the tragic events on Parliament Hill earlier that day, was: “what is being done to … [Read more…]