Rebooting US Cybersecurity After the Shutdown
Smelling blood, American adversaries began circling like sharks during the 35-day partial government shutdown.
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Mike McCormick
- Oct 9, 2018
- 4 min
Chinese Spy Chip Trumps Tariffs
Chinese cyber exploits are back in the news with a bombshell story claiming China planted tiny “spy chips” inside Made in China servers...
Mike McCormick
- Jun 20, 2018
- 3 min
Playing the Dark Game
Cyber security is played for high stakes in a world of shadowy threats. Although it’s seldom discussed openly, this dark game can take a...
Mike McCormick
- Mar 20, 2018
- 4 min
Did Facebook Break the Law?
You probably know Cambridge researchers got access to 50 million Facebook user profiles, then gave the data to a private political...
Mike McCormick
- Mar 7, 2018
- 3 min
When Insiders Profit from Cyber Breaches
One outrageous thing we learned about the Equifax breach (among many) is that three corporate executives sold company stock after the...
Mike McCormick
- Dec 15, 2017
- 3 min
After Net Neutrality: A Silver Lining?
Net Neutrality's demise may open the door to overdue cybersecurity improvements. Before you send me hate mail, let me reiterate my...
Mike McCormick
- Nov 24, 2017
- 3 min
Who Names Cyber Hurricanes?
Hurricanes get names (Harvey, Irma, Jose, Maria…) assigned alphabetically by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Service (NOAA). ...
Mike McCormick
- Jul 26, 2017
- 4 min
Thunder Sticks and Smartphones
Hackers don’t exploit our computers; they exploit our ignorance. Most of us lack even a basic idea of how our digital gadgets work. ...
Mike McCormick
- Mar 3, 2017
- 3 min
A Cancer Moonshot for Cyber Security
The information security profession has long mined biology for metaphors to describe cyber threats. For example, we call certain forms...
Mike McCormick
- Sep 14, 2016
- 3 min
America Gets Our First CISO
Last week the White House announced the appointment of Gregory Touhill as the nation’s first Federal Chief Information Security Officer...
Mike McCormick
- Jun 14, 2016
- 3 min
Are Russian Hackers Working for Trump?
Conspiracy theories sprout like mushrooms in the fertilized hothouse known as Twitter. Today, in the wake of news reports that Russian...
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