Fast Track to CAG 12 Compliance
If you’ve ever been subject to typical IT security compliance regulations you’ve no doubt experienced the frustration of putting into action what can at times seem like complex, almost unintelligible...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Smartcard and Certificate Support
One topic that arises more and more frequently in conversations that I have – whether it’s with analysts and media, IT security professionals I meet in the course of my work, or my company’s government...
View ArticleDefending Against Nation-State Cyber Attacks
If you’ve been following the news over the last 6 months or so, you may have noticed an uptick in articles related to Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) security legislation. You may have also seen...
View ArticleGovernment Information Security in the Age of Sequester
While meeting with a couple of my regular contacts at a recent AFCEA event, their conversation veered sharply from their normal assessments of cyber attacks into today’s prevalent motif of Beltway...
View ArticleData Breach at US Office of Personnel Management Reveals Intent of...
On the surface, last week’s data breach at the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) might seem like just another cyber attack, like those which affected Target, Home Depot and many others. However,...
View ArticleGuarding Against Spear Phishing Threats
IT security staff at these agencies are on guard against the now pervasive tactic of spear-phishing. In this targeted social engineering attack, hackers use emails that masquerade as trusted...
View ArticleAbout This Week’s WikiLeaks CIA Hacking Disclosure…
This week’s sensational Wikileaks revelations about CIA hacking tools has raised all sorts of questions about the US intelligence agency’s hacking arsenal. Here’s my take on the matter. The post About...
View ArticleWhat if WikiLeaks Releases Source Code for the CIA Hacking Tools?
WikiLeaks withheld the source code for the CIA hacking tools. One might wonder though, what could happen if WikiLeaks did publish this code? The post What if WikiLeaks Releases Source Code for the CIA...
View ArticleVideo: Cyber Defense for the Federal Government
Watch this FedScoop video interview of IT security expert Philip Lieberman to find out how federal government agencies can redesign their networks for better resilience against cyber attacks. The post...
View ArticleLessons Learned from the OPM Data Breach – Two Years Later
Two years removed from the announcement of the attack, we can now take a look at the lessons we learned from the OPM data breach. The post Lessons Learned from the OPM Data Breach – Two Years Later...
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