Children are taught from an early age about the many things in the world that can harm them. Even in a toddler’s narrow world, there are plenty of potential hazards lurking around almost every corner. With growing autonomy, children are then warned about an expanded set of
Read more →Last weekend in Dallas the evening calm was shattered by the wail of 156 tornado warning sirens sounding at once. Attempts to turn off individual sirens failed and after 95 minutes of the din, officials mercifully shut down the entire system in a final, desperate act of
Read more →Last week we discussed the Dark Web. Its scope, its architecture, and what lurks (slithers) within its depths. On the flip side, the Dark Web also presents a useful source to mine for cyber threat intelligence. When bricks and mortar criminal types knock off a jewelry store
Read more →Cyber Threat Intelligence is a complex topic consisting of a lot of moving parts. It requires a high degree of technical knowledge combined with a healthy dose of paranoia. Staying ahead of the bad guys or simply keeping up with them is a 24/7 job. Threat intel
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IT Acronyms have a tendency to pop up like mushrooms on a suburban lawn after a 3-day rain storm. Even seasoned pros occasionally find themselves stumped by one or two that have slipped past their radar. After learning quite a while back that BYOD didn’t stand for
Read more →The United States Senate voted last week to reverse broadband privacy rules put in place last October requiring ISPs to get consent from consumers before selling or sharing their Web browsing data and other private info with third parties. The vote was split decidedly along party lines
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This is the fifth and final post in the series on “How to be an Educated Consumer of Online Information.” I can hear you cheering now. I realize that this series may have seemed like I’ve veered off on a tangent. After all, what does any of
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This next to last post in the series begun a few weeks ago on “How to be an Educated Consumer of Online Information” covers the vast topic of social media. It’s so vast in fact, that apart from a general overview of this particular communications channel, I’ll
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The Seinfeld comedy series is famously referred to as “a show about nothing.” Though many of its episodes revolved around mundane incidents from the main characters’ lives, there usually was a profound message that resonated with many viewers simply because many of the events are so recognizable.
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Back in the old days (pre-internet), writing research papers for school was an arduous task. The process began with badgering my poor mother into dropping me off at the public library and then returning several hours later to retrieve me. My badgering was often at a fevered
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