Suggestions to follow cybersecurity guidelines isn’t sufficient An opinion piece by Douglas James There’s a huge push on both the legislative and private sector levels to rapidly increase cybersecurity competence across the board. In the United States, we witnessed three harrowing infrastructure attacks over the past several...
Remote working is slowly shifting economic trends I’ve talked about remote working and its growing implementation for the past several weeks, but for good reason. During a pandemic, remote working represents a shift in the work world. Both as a response to a crisis, and a...
Despite advantages and benefits, not all businesses are on board with remote working solutions It is not surprising remote work solutions have surged in popularity in the past two years. Not only in response to the continuing COVID pandemic. But, also with the realization that working...
White-hat with a potential job as adviser after their hack In these trying, uncertain times, using the expertise of cybersecurity experts is a must. How often, though, do we get help from the one’s responsible for the breach? That’s just what happened after the DeFi cyberattack,...
A deluge of reports hits experts and workers hard Too much of anything is never a good sign. In the IT and information world, Big Data takes the stage as the be-all end-all of resource management. Tools and sheets to better utilize massive swaths of information...
Smart solutions face smarter problems Automation is often touted as a solution towards IT and cybersecurity problems, streamlining both data management and protection. In the coming years, automation, machine learning, and predictive AI models will absolutely be necessary to combat emerging threats and threat actor techniques. But...
What events have impacted cybersecurity and IT for 2021 Hard to believe at a calendar’s glance 2021 is close to wrapping up. Indeed, most are left with a sense of just processing 2020, which was for many a disastrous year. 2020 saw the rise in COVID,...
Security and IT Events in August 2021 What’s occurring in cybersecurity? This article will break down major happenings which will potentially shape strategy and policy in the years to come. NIST’s Updates to Cybersecurity Policy and Practices The NIST, or National Institute of Standards and Technology, has renewed...
Remaining productive, healthy, and on-point in a remote driven world Confronted with independent, hands-off work and production environments (mostly), staying on task can prove more challenging than we’d like. And I don’t say this to imply laziness. Distractions just happen. In a home environment, even more...
Maintaining positive mental health and being in a remote-driven world The COVID-19 pandemic forced a lot of people into isolated, remote environments. Even ignoring work demands, staying indoors was necessary to help curb the spread of Coronavirus. But, hey, here we are again. At the time of...
