This week on The 443 – Security Simplified, we sit down for a chat on disinformation with Nina Jankowicz, author of How to Lose the Information War. From the US to Estonia, we’ll discuss how nation states are weaponizing social discussion against their adversaries to sow discord and advance their own influence and agenda, in some cases without even having to pick a side. … [Read more...]
Three Cybersecurity Tips from the Sci-Fi Hit Altered Carbon
The Netflix show (and even better book series) Altered Carbon (AC) takes place in a dark and dystopian future. Humanity has figured out how to “digitize” our brains and place them into other bodies, effectively allowing the richest in society to live forever. Although AC is fiction, it illustrates several real-life information security challenges extremely well. Let’s dive into … [Read more...]
Understanding Gender Bias in Facial Recognition Technology
Facial recognition software has been in the hot seat in recent months. Researchers, industry experts, businesses and policymakers have all raised concerns ranging from potential privacy repercussions to its role in discrimination and more. In fact, the University of Michigan recently published a study that linked the on-campus use of facial recognition to these issues. In a … [Read more...]
Four Key Steps to Securing the Construction Industry
When it comes to cybersecurity practices and technologies, most would agree that the construction industry wouldn’t fall into the “early adopter” category. In a recent Industry Today article, WatchGuard CTO Corey Nachreiner explored the topic, noting that despite nearly half of all construction executives worrying their firms are vulnerable to threats, the majority of them have … [Read more...]
Are TikTok and Other Foreign-Based Apps Dangerous? Part II
Controversy over social media giant TikTok has continued to soar in 2020. In July, WatchGuard CTO Corey Nachreiner explained the true personal privacy and security risks associated with using such foreign-based apps in the first segment of a two-part series for Forbes. His newly published second installment explores the potential dangers from a national security … [Read more...]
