If youve followed the news recently, I dont need to tell you that cyber security is a topic of major importance today. It seems that every week there is another revelation of a security breach at an organization thought by many to be a leader in data and network security. The breaches span governmental agencies and virtually every industry. Ironically, even a company that makes … [Read more...] about Ants, Padlocks, & Cyber Security
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How Secure Is Your Online Information?
Almost everything you do today uses a code. Everytime you log onto an internet service like Twitter or Facebook and send your password...everytime you log into internet banking...all of that information is protected using encryption code. - PBS NOVA - Rise of the Hackers 50 Minute Video from PBS Nova provided below. Prime numbers. Remember that from grade Four math class. If … [Read more...] about How Secure Is Your Online Information?
Information Governance Exchange
Taking a Strategic Approach to Information Governance, Aligning IG Investments to the Broader Business Technology Agendas With the increasing frequency of electronic communication in the workplace and data breaches becoming a reality, illustrated by Sony, Target and Anthem, organizations realize that Information Governance goes beyond Records Management and it is a field … [Read more...] about Information Governance Exchange
Hacking, Data Breaches & Cyber Warfare
If you thought hacking and security are a relatively new phenomenon, think again. In 1903, magician and inventor John Nevil Maskelyne disrupted Ambrose Flemings public demonstration of a purportedly secure wireless telegraphy technology by sending insulting Morse code messages in what is now known as the first hack. Since then, the severity and number of hacking scandals, data … [Read more...] about Hacking, Data Breaches & Cyber Warfare
The Sony Hack; Are Organizations Ready for Digital Combat?
We have seen numerous hacks in the past years, but the Sony hack of December 2014 has topped them all. The hackers brought a multinational corporation down on their knees when Sony decided to cancel the release of their movie The Interview. Fortunately, Sony decided later to release the movie anyway. Apart from the massive amounts of leaked internal documents that show how the … [Read more...] about The Sony Hack; Are Organizations Ready for Digital Combat?