I’ve been in the cybersecurity field long enough to see some pretty disturbing things, but the letter below left me speechless. We knew Cyber criminals would stop at nothing to gain access to sensitive and valuable private information, but asking Santa for help? That’s not right. Luckily Kris Kringle is a tireless IT privacy and security supp... read more...
Yesterday I had the privilege of testifying on behalf of Microsoft before the US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on federal policies affecting high tech growth and adoption of industry best practices. While I touched on a number of issues before Chairman Issa, Congressman Chaffetz and the committee at larg... read more...
“Stuxnet is the Hiroshima of cyber-war.” That evocative closing line, which ran in the April 2010 Vanity Fair article on last year’s most infamous cyber attack, makes my blood freeze every time I read it. Thankfully, Stuxnet did not kill hundreds of thousands of people or level a city in a flash. But the author correctly concluded th... read more...
The big game is this weekend, and nearly 200,000 football fans are expected to flock to the Dallas, Texas area to be part of this year’s Super Bowl. That enormous influx of people brings excitement and a boost to the local economy, but it also poses unique security challenges. The Super Bowl has become a “level one” national sec... read more...
Will the transition to a new Federal CIO hinder federal cloud computing deployment?