Think fast: Can you name five people who don’t have a cellphone? How about just one? We’re betting that you probably cannot. Surveys conducted by Pew Research Center show that the “vast majority of Americans – 96% – now own a cellphone of some kind.” Furthermore, in 2019, “roughly one-in-five American adults are ‘smartphone-only’ […]
Cybersecurity
Diversity and the security industry: A reality check
As a top article on the Secure360 blog when it was first written in 2017, we have updated this post with current statistics and ideas for 2019. As cybercrime continues to rise, so will the number of cybersecurity job openings in the years to come. In fact, that number is projected to grow to 3.5 million […]
Summer safety checklist
Summer is truly a wonderful time for everyone – the weather is gorgeous, the kids are home from school (okay, so this may not be so wonderful for parents from time to time), the days are longer and there’s all that glorious cabin time. The last thing you may be thinking about is being […]
Blockchain and cybersecurity: The basics
A post similar to this one originally appeared on the UMSA blog in October 2017. Updated: April 2019. As pointed out by United States defense analysts, an increase in threats to the country’s national security has led to the Pentagon experimenting with blockchain technologies over the last few years. So has the United States […]
Machine learning: What it means for cybersecurity
What if your boss or client came to you with the following question: “Can you tell me how Twitter hashtags, our current road construction and the weather conditions are affecting the sales of Product X?” Could you do it? Enter: Machine learning. Machine learning is the idea of taking collections of data sets that […]
The ABC’s of AI: Here’s what you need to know
Artificial intelligence, or AI, appears to be a growing trend as an application of technology. You may have already heard about it in the news or on websites stating they use AI technology; but what is it exactly? Artificial intelligence is the process of teaching machines to perform or complete tasks that might normally […]
Celebrating women’s history in technology
March is Women’s History Month which honors the contributions that women have made in society across the U.S. For many fields like information security, they wouldn’t have been able to develop, change and grow without the help of women. During World War II, many young, educated women were recruited out of college to fulfill […]
Cryptomining: A sheep or a wolf?
The following is a guest post by the 2019 Secure360 Twin Cities WiFi sponsor Cisco. One of, if not the, most prominent motivators for threat actors is money. Whether it’s botnet owners renting out their services for DDoS attacks, tech support scammers cold-calling people to convince them there are problems with their computers, or point-of-sale […]
Tax scams to look for in 2019
Ah, tax season. Shortly after the chaos of the year-end holidays and the refreshing new start that comes with the new year, we are forced to crunch numbers, do tedious paperwork and take a long, hard look at our own financial landscape of the year before. For the gifted few, taxes (and all the […]
The Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace: Here’s what’s happening across the pond
It’s no secret: cybersecurity and data protection have taken the spotlight in virtually every conversation of the public space. Governments, political figures, private firms, multinational corporations, hospitals, nonprofit organizations and even families are making the shift to prioritizing online safety and funding updated security initiatives. One of the first policies in this wave of data […]
