cyber security
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An empirical analysis on how COVID-19 influenced cybersecurity globally, accompanied by a case study for Romania. Romanian version: https://www.gandul.ro/romania-post-pandemica-si-antidotul-digital/dan-tofan-ce-inseamna-covid-19-pentru-securitatea-cibernetica-opinie-19513296 English Version: Dan Tofan: What does COVID-19 mean for cybersecurity? |
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In 1953, Project Solarium represented a significant “consensus exercise” among US senior officials responsible with national security. Given the plenitude of US agencies involved, consensus had to be met so as a properly respond to the Soviet communist threat, in the wake of the Cold War. The project ended up with a national strategy that […] |
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Cyber security, as an industry, has recorded exponential growth, especially within the last two decades. It grew along with the Internet and evolved from a simple buzzword to a real technological risk that can put you out of business rather quickly. Within the last years cyber security seized media’s attention and reached on top of […] |
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You must have surely heard a thing or two about GDPR. It’s short for General Data Protection Regulation, being EU’s latest regulation as regards privacy and data protection. It has entered into force on the 25th of May 2018. There’s a whole bunch of articles out there, surely you must have opened at least […] |
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Some interesting stuff that I found online: SECURITY: Some of my thoughts on the future of cyber security – https://medium.com/@tofandan/how-about-the-future-of-cyber-security-ec1515a206c7 Key takeaways from the EU Cyber Security Forum – https://cybersecforum.eu/en/brussels/2019-takeaways/?mc_cid=4fd730efcc&mc_eid=3fb0bc48fe 38 mil. Euros available from EC for cyber security projects – https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/eu38-million-available-digital-security-research-projects-2019-mar-14_en A little something on cyber security staff retention policies – https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/03/04/cybersecurity-staff-retention-tactics/ […] |
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A simple online search for “cyber security predictions” will reveal a tremendous number of results. Everybody feels confident enough that they can predict the future in this area. But to what good, if human predictions are no better than “chimps randomly throwing darts at the possible outcomes”. Are we even near close to what […] |
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Cooperation is “the process of groups of organisms working or acting together for common or mutual benefit, as opposed to working in competition for selfish benefit” (Wikipedia). Thus, mutual benefit seems to be the key ingredient here. Nevertheless, identifying the mutual benefit appears to be an issue in cyber-security (and other fields, for that matter) […] |
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Almost every source presenting financial facts in cyber security will astonish you with figures going into the area of hundred billions, giving you the impression that, if you work in the industry, you must be one of the luckiest guys in the world to work in such a profitable area. Nevertheless, caution must be used […] |
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Some interesting stuff that I found online: SECURITY: Top 100 worldwide influencers in cyber security – http://top100.cisoplatform.com/top-100-influencers/ 60 Cybersecurity Predictions For 2019 – https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2018/12/03/60-cybersecurity-predictions-for-2019/#696f3d7c4352 The worst cyber attacks of the past 10 years – https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/the-worst-cyber-attacks-of-the-past-10-years Secureworks State of Cybercrime Report 2018 – https://www.secureworks.com/resources/rp-2018-state-of-cybercrime The 6 reasons why Huawei gives the US and its allies […] |
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The intro Artificial Intelligence (AI)! Oh my, that sounds exciting and disturbing in the same time. Exciting because man has always fantasized about playing God, and now we are as closer as we ever got to this. Disturbing, because, some say [1] [2] [3], a superior form of intelligence, such as AI, might indisputably […] |