Security
Cyber criminals are always trying to be one step ahead. Stay current on security trends, breakthroughs and developments that can help protect your organization from cyber threats.
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The State of Post-Quantum Cryptography – A New Report from the Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), an organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today released its newest report, “The State of Post-Quantum Cryptography.” The report provides an overview of the current state of public-key cryptography, as well the threat posed by quantum computing. Authored
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Blockchain: Whose identity is it anyway?
There is a rapidly growing array of potential use cases for applying blockchain outside of cryptocurrency. In my last blog post I discussed applying blockchain to software development and DevOps, in this post we’ll talk about identity management and finally getting what should rightfully be yours. There are multiple behemoths in the information ecosystem making
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TWiTIoT: This Week in The Internet of Things – Government Moves and Shadow IoT Threats
Greetings, and welcome. This week, the US federal government trots out a new cybersecurity strategy – and eliminates a cybersecurity coordinator. Meanwhile, a survey reveals how little IT leaders know about unauthorized IoT devices on their networks. As always, your thoughts, reactions, and suggestions welcome – just send a quick email to medortch@dortchonit.com. And for
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IoT Devices Connecting to Your Network Present Huge Security Risk
If you have been around the world of IT for a few years, like me you will remember the time when the idea of employees bringing personal devices into work and connecting them to your network was unheard of Anyone who did try to connect their own device was roundly chastised, and could even face
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Federal Agencies Lack Tools to Deal with Cyberthreats
With cyberthreats continuing to represent major risks to government and private enterprises globally, there is still considerable work to be done to ensure that organizations are able to deal with the reality of cyberattack quickly and competently. Two-thirds of federal IT executives in a new survey say their agencies are moderately-to-highly prepared to withstand a
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Usechain Builds Public Blockchain Ecosystem Based on Real Identity
Identity is the new money and a new Blockchain project Usechain is becoming the first-ever Blockchain Ecosystem to achieve self-sovereign identity for individuals and institutions. Usechain aims to fuse innovative technologies with off-chain identities to create a public Blockchain ecosystem based on real identity, addressing the issue of distrust due to anonymity in current Blockchain
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TD Bank Group Joins Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity continues to be a critical factor for business success, and nowhere is it more important than in the banking sector. TD Bank Group (TD) will become a founding corporate member – and the first Canadian bank – to join the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity, a hub for cyber technology research and collaboration based at the
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GDPR Compliance – Only 7 Percent of Businesses Ready as Deadline Looms,
The May deadline for GDPR compliance is rapidly approaching, but it seems that many organizations have still not come to grips with the actions they need to take to fully comply to the new rules. In the wake of the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data misuse, public attention to the importance of data privacy has been
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