There is a global cybersecurity skills crisis. The threat continues to grow as there is a shortage of experts to reduce cyber attacks. Computer Security One expert believes the field is changing too fast that this issue will not be solved in the classroom. Certifications and other static methods lag behind the latest techniques used …
Category Archives: Cybersecurity
With technology, you can commit a crime anywhere — even space
An astronaut on the International Space Station, allegedly accessed her estranged spouse’s bank account without permission. If proven, this would be identity theft. This shows the far-reaching possibility of cybercrime. To read more, go to: https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/astronaut-accused-of-identity-theft-accessing-estranged-wifes-bank-account-from-international-space-station/
Technical Disruption – Target Corp
Imagine — the busiest shopping day of the week and all of the systems to checkout customers are shutdown. Imagine you are one of the largest retailers nationwide. Target Corporations experience an outage on Saturday of all stores nationwide due to a software outage. It seems the software outage was caused by routine maintenance — …
Can Encryption be broken?
RSA 2048-bit encryption is the standard. The time to break the code for encryption is currently so long, this is the standard for most systems. All banking, email systems, etc use 2048-bit as the primary encryption method. Now comes the new computers called quantum computers. The processing times on these systems are a fraction of …
Not your Father’s CFO
With the cost of a data breach reaching over $2 million per instance, the C-suite can no longer leave cybersecurity solely to IT. CFOs are becoming more involved with defining strategy for data security with the technology leaders. Read Jeff Thompson’s, Institute of Management Accountants CEO, article on how financial executives are taking a more …
I Teach Accounting Information Systems 