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Security: IT Security is Too Reactive to Data Breaches Rather Than Being Proactive

By Dick Weisinger

Many businesses aren’t motivated by leaky IT security unless there is a major problem, according to a new survey by Ponemon.  It’s not until the loss of data becomes ‘significant’ that two-thirds of IT organizations say that they are motivated

Internet of Things (IoT): Most IoT Devices are Not Secure

By Dick Weisinger

Slightly less than half of people surveyed said that they thought that Internet of Thing (IoT) devices had very weak security.  In fact these users thought that less than 10 percent of IoT devices security is adequate, according to a

Big Data: Federal Agencies turn to “Anticipatory Intelligence”

By Dick Weisinger

Government intelligence agencies are experimenting with foreseeing problems and crimes before they happen by using predictive analytics.  This application of big data and analytics is being called “anticipatory intelligence” and is the main focus of a newly launched department within

Data Security: Tech Businesses Adopt Encryption to Avoid Government Requests

By Dick Weisinger

Free email.  Free chat.  Free online storage.  Consumers have had a lot of free online services available.  But the tradeoff is that the information was also available to the vendor hosting or enabling the free use of that data.  Business

Automation: Bots Now Account for Half of All Internet Traffic and many are Malicious

By Dick Weisinger

Bots are software applications that can automate tasks, like setting alarms and notifications, booking travel or searching out shopping and weather information.  Bots have the potential to bring great time-saving benefits.  Somewhat amazing, by one estimate, bots already take up