Fifty years ago, on October 29, the Internet was born. Computer Scientists at UCLA, the University of California-Santa Barbara, the Stanford Research Institute, and the University of Utah established the first computer-to-computer link. This connection…
This year marks the sixteenth annual observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The commemoration, which is sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, promotes the idea that protecting…
September 17 is National IT Professionals Day. The third Tuesday in September annually celebrates the contributions of the often unsung heroes of any enterprise: the people who keep the organization’s systems collecting, processing, and communicating…
I’m not God’s gift to leadership. I have many shortcomings. I have good days, however, and I’ve learned, over time, how to string more good days together than bad ones. These are the values I…
In an era of rampant cries of fake news, the aphorism that instructs us to “believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear” has engendered an appropriate amount of healthy skepticism.…
Here is some completely unsolicited advice in no particular order from someone who is rapidly approaching his get-off-my-lawn stage. Respect your elders, kids. Do not procrastinate. No good ever comes from leaving something to the…
People misuse the word “literally” all the time, and that’s literally one of my biggest pet peeves. But I could make an exception when it comes to describing what we’re doing with data. We’re literally…
It’s funny. It takes years of highly technical training to become a cybersecurity expert. For example, at Lewis, Computer Science students take 53 credit hours of rigorous coursework to prepare for jobs as cybersecurity engineers…
Four technology executives presented their perspectives on what students can do to position themselves for successful careers in today’s booming tech economy. The event, which was sponsored by the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences…
We have gigabytes of pictures. Maybe a couple of terabytes. Not one of them can brace me for tonight. It will be our fifth viewing of Joliet Catholic Academy’s My Fair Lady, including one dress…