OR#4 IT Complexity and the Risk of IT Failure

By Jon Trigio|2019-03-28T10:43:22+00:00August 3rd, 2016|

For the past few years, the unabashed enthusiasm around clouds, virtualization and software-defined everything has led to some unfortunate side effects.  One is the suspension of disbelief around the vulnerability of all of this “new” [...]

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Calculated Risks

By Editor|2019-03-28T10:39:33+00:00August 3rd, 2016|

With the recent update of Circular A-123 by the government’s Office of Management and Budget, new agency guidelines have been provided to agencies for the management of information technologies, with particular reference to cybersecurity updates [...]

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A Lack of Security

By Editor|2019-03-28T10:38:39+00:00August 3rd, 2016|

Working with the data provided by a set of 775 IT decision makers from the US, UK, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Mexico and Israel, a partnership between Intel Security and the Centre for Strategic and [...]

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Emergency Socialization

By Editor|2019-03-28T10:37:38+00:00August 3rd, 2016|

Working from a basis of more than 1,000 tweets issued around the 2015 release of the movie "Concussion", Douglas Wilbur and Danielle Myers, doctoral students at the University of Missouri School of Journalism, have investigated [...]

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Making the Private Public

By Editor|2019-03-28T10:36:29+00:00August 3rd, 2016|

Looking to increase cooperation and reduce the impact of individual cyber attacks, deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas appealed to the private sector to increase information sharing with government agencies, [...]

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Climate Control

By Editor|2019-03-28T10:35:32+00:00August 3rd, 2016|

The World Bank has released a new report, titled Pacific Possible: Climate and Disaster Resilience, describing the need for Pacific Island countries to consider climate change and disaster management into their development plans. Speaking with [...]

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Scaling Up

By Editor|2019-03-28T10:54:13+00:00August 3rd, 2016|

Working to clarify the role of federal government agencies in the event of a cyberattacks, the White House has released a new directive providing both a breakdown of responsibilities, and a rating system designed to [...]

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