Humans Are A Lot Like Firewalls
When I was kid, my parents stressed to me that there were certain topics you just didn’t talk about in public: religion and politics. You never knew whom you would offend if you brought up…
Tag Archives: Cyber security
The Future of Cybersecurity Education is Technical
In 2016, Lewis University launched its Master of Science in Computer Science degree. The degree includes three concentrations: Software Engineering, Intelligent Systems, and Cybersecurity. That last concentration in Cybersecurity raised some eyebrows. We had been…
Lewis Computer Science Students Win At National Cybersecurity Competition (and at learning)
The Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences (CaMS) at Lewis University proudly applauds the students of its Cyber Defense Group for winning the Department of Energy’s 2018 National Cyber Defense Competition. Computer Science majors Joey…
Cake Is Good For Me Cake Is Good For Me Cake Is Good For Me
I am getting better looking with age. I am smart enough to detect propaganda when I see it. We have a tendency to lie to ourselves, don’t we? The lies well tell ourselves console us.…
The Power Grid Is the Hacker’s Holy Grail
In today’s thoroughly interconnected world, everything is hackable. Everything can be targeted and compromised by cyber attackers if they have enough skill and resources. When hackers compromise our personal computers, we get annoyed because of…
Tips for Keeping Your Data Private Online
It’s hard to keep a low profile these days. Internet behemoths like Google and Facebook make their money by interpreting the data you provide them to pitch you offers from their advertisers. If you don’t…
Information Assurance vs. Cyber Security vs. Information Security: Clarifying the Differences
Seemingly every week brings another high-profile threat to our online lives. This week, Spectre and Meltdown captured all the attention, and for good reason. Unlike most of the problems we’ve heard about over the years,…
Shop Safely This Holiday Season
More and more people shop online.. Mid-2016 marked a milestone in online commerce when, for the first time, the number of goods bought online exceeded the number of goods purchased in stores. That trend has…
It’s time for a new ID
I signed up for Lifelock today. Spending another $40 a month to cover my wife and me is not something I relish doing. But I feel it would be irresponsible not to have proactive credit…
Ransomware that makes you WannaCry
The Internet was attacked on Friday, May 12, 2017, by a fast-spreading piece of malware that asks infected users to pay up if they want to see their data again. It has already affected 200,000 victims…