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Cyber-Kinetic Security
Cyber War – scaremongering or reality?
“Cyber war” is a term that is in recent days used so liberally that people may often wonder if these words are as menacing as they sound or used only as a tool to incite fear as a way to…
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Cyber-Kinetic Security
United We Secure: Why Cybersecurity Needs Information Sharing
The cyber battlefield is heating up. On one side, cyber criminals are pooling their knowledge like a well-oiled team; on the other, many organizations still act like lone wolves. I recall a fellow CISO remarking at a meeting, “I don’t…
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Quantum Computing
Quantum Computers Intro
I remember the first time I heard the phrase “quantum computer” about a ten years ago. I pictured something out of a sci-fi movie - maybe a glowing box humming with mystical power. As a techie who spends a lot…
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Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing Hardware Update
In summary, as 2006 ends I remain confident yet realistic. We’ve seen genuine, hard-won progress in quantum hardware: superconducting circuits entangling, ions scaling up with superb control, photons performing logic, and even completely different technologies proving their quantum chops. We’ve…
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AI Security
Reflections on AI Progress
Looking back over the years, I’m struck by how far AI has come and yet how far it still has to go. In late 2005, AI is best described as a powerful set of tools - pattern recognition, optimization, inference…
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Quantum Computing
Are Quantum Computers a Real Threat?
Our conclusion is that quantum computers are not an imminent threat to cybersecurity. They are a fascinating technology and potential threat in the long term, but certainly not something that keeps me awake at night today. For our clients such…
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Leadership
Do you Have What it Takes to be an Interim Manager?
Businesses, facing an ever-increasing variety of complex problems, are in desperate need of good interim managers to help solve them. Such positions are highly rewarding, with the opportunity to explore new places, meet new people – and fill your plate…
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Cyber-Kinetic Security
The Decline of Real Penetration Testing
As the leader of Cyber Agency, one of the largest penetration testing and red teaming specialist outfis, I have a bone to pick with where our industry is headed. Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, "pentesting" actually meant…
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Leadership
How can you get the Most out of Interim Managers?
Are you hiring and using interim managers wisely? Why is it that some companies attain exceptional results from interim manager hirings and some are disappointed? It has little to do with the quality of interim manager candidates. The only way…
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AI Security
Testing AI in Defense – A New Kind of Security Challenge
Looking back at our engagement, I'm concerned that the pace of AI adoption in military will overtake our abilities to validate and verify such systems. If AI systems continue proving valuable, there is nothing that will stop their adoption, but…
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Leadership
Interim Management as a Career Option
The face of interim management is changing. Traditionally, an interim manager was someone at the end of his career who chose interim management to extend his working years. This is changing fast. An increasing number of managers – both men…
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Cyber-Kinetic Security
Polymorphic Viruses: The Shape-Shifting Malware Menace
Polymorphic viruses represent a turning point in malware history. These shape-shifting programs have shown that malicious code can be made highly adaptable, challenging the very foundations of signature-based security. We’ve examined how polymorphic malware works - using encryption, mutation engines,…
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Leadership
What is Interim Management?
When crisis strikes your business, what can you do? As you try to pick up the pieces, at some point your mind would likely turn to the fantasy of bringing in an accomplished executive with extensive experience in the exact…
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Cyber-Kinetic Security
Social Engineering – Greatest Information Security Risk
Social engineering doesn’t have to be just a supporting process to obtain system access; it is could be even more dangerous when it is used as the main attack. We, information security defenders, rarely consider that risk. If you think…
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Cyber-Kinetic Security
“Zero Tolerance” to “80-20” – Lazy Approaches to Cyber Risk
There is a new danger lurking in the information assets of countless organizations around the globe disguised by a plan devised to protect a large portion of those assets while failing miserably to protect the rest. Zero tolerance approach to…
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