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Dr. Carolyn Turbyfill
Cyber threats continue to plague governments and businesses around the world. These threats are on the rise as cyber criminals increase their focus and know-how. The problem demands an international solution. ISO/IEC 27001 provides a management framework for assessing and treating risks, whether cyber-oriented or otherwise, that can damage business, governments, and even the fabric of a country’s national infrastructure. Continue reading
Thirty years ago Ford Motor Company had a tag line in all its advertising:
Quality is Job #1!
Great tagline. Now we believe that everyone’s new tagline is:
Cyber Security is Job #1!
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just finalized its much expected cyber security risk management framework.
President Obama directed NIST to develop a risk management framework to secure infrastructure vital to the US and for that matter’s any country’s critical infrastructure such as banking, electrical power grid, water, and transportation. Continue reading
This paper discusses a number of interesting technical advances that are theoretically already possible in 2014, although in fact not currently available. Hopefully showing the software community what is technically feasible will encourage universities and larger corporations to move more quickly. Continue reading
The title of the proposed 2014 cyber series is: Changing Cyber Landscape
This year is going to be a banner year for cyber security. Take a look at the following events. The number of data breaches will increase. More state actors from China, Russia, and even our allies will attempt to penetrate critical infrastructure. More revelations on cyber intrusion of Federal facilities. Further losses of personal identification information. Heightened cyber warfare. Significant data breaches growing exponentially. Increasing cyber crime with material impacts. Additional NSA revelations. Increased privacy law breaches. More regulatory penalties, shareholder lawsuits, and reputational damage. And, the list goes on. Continue reading