A Note on Privacy
This note provides a basic overview of privacy issues, with an emphasis on the implications of the web and social networks.
Tag «cybersecurity»
A Note on the Cybersecurity Problem Space in 2018
A technical note framing the different levels at which cybersecurity problems are encountered.
Implementing a Cybersecurity Community of Trust: Reprivata Seeks an “Early Adopter”
Reprivata developed a cybersecurity solution which could fundamentally change how companies create private, trust-based interconnections with their third-party business partners. Now, how do they attract the right “early adopter” to implement it?
Exposing Sexual Predators Who Run Martial Arts Schools
A martial arts expert applies cyber forensics to identifying sexual predators who run or work at martial arts schools. He worries about the implications of publishing his findings.
ReliaQuest: Behind Enemy Lines
A client of a security services firm has received an email from the dark web demanding a ransom or it will start selling data it has stolen from the client. The client as asked for the firm’s assistance in paying the ransom. How should the company proceed?
Employing Dynamic Logic in Cybersecurity
A physicist who studies the human brain has adapted dynamic logic, a machine learning algorithm he developed, to run on a test database of network traffic. The algorithm has proven surprisingly adept at identifying malware traffic. Now he ponders how the project might move forward, given that cybersecurity is entirely outside of his domain of …
Grandon.com Got Hacked!
A professor in information systems discovers that his personal website has been hacked. Even worse, his ISP has suspended his site because the defacement included a PayPal phishing scheme. This is not the first time this has happened. How should he recover?
A Cybersecurity Executive DBA?
After the successful launch of a DBA program for working executives, the program’s academic director ponders whether or not there might be an opportunity to create a cybersecurity doctoral program based on the existing program’s research core.
The Quest for Reliable Cyber Security
A firm that specializes in setting up computer systems is asked by a potential client to guarantee 100% security. Knowing that is an impossible request, the owner considers what he might offer as a counter proposal that would make sense.
Expanding Joint Vulnerability Assessment Branch
JVAB, an elite small business that specializes in cybersecurity penetration testing has more demand for its services than it can handle. The skill set required for its activities is very specialized, however. It is also hard to find. How should it go about seeking new employees?