making security understandable
Anonymity and privacy seem to be hot debate topics these days, especially when it comes to IoT, payments, and cryptocurrencies. However, it may be that more important issues are blurred because of the focus on privacy. The fact that consent is a mandatory requirement for...
I know it is a bold statement, but today information security gets the headlines because of the exposure due to massive outbreaks of attacks that hit companies failing to protect themselves and the data of others. Your virtual castle only channels the bad guys, it...
It is all about Bitcoins today Bitcoin has become the new gold; even worse it has become more expensive than gold. In the beginning of May 2016, a bitcoin was around 1400 USD, by 20th of May it surpassed the 2000 USD barrier and in...
Information Security or Cyber Security relies on a model which we applied for years, since the very early days. This model changed very little, comfort has set in and unfortunately we are in situation where we rely too much on it almost like an addiction...
A few days ago when I attended a blockchain round table, someone said the currency of today is privacy. You pay with privacy the use of services such as Facebook, Gmail or anything other. I beg to disagree.. You don’t pay with privacy, you irreversibly...
For those active in cyber security the Friday (21/10/2017) Distributed Denial of Service attack on Dyn did not come as a surprise. Many of us use a statement; the question is not what if but when. Dyn got attacked by a botnet of Internet of...