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Shadow IT and the Cloud: European Shadow IT Adopt US Cloud Services

By Dick Weisinger

It’s widely believed that US companies are having a hard time making inroads in selling cloud-based products in Europe because of a variety of regulations and privacy laws.  But that hasn’t stopped many European businesses from using US cloud services.

Internet of Things (IoT) and Security: FTC Prescribes Best Practices for Data Management

By Dick Weisinger

The FTC recently released a report that recommends the following six best practices for managing Internet of Things data, recommendations that can really be applied to any type of data collection: Security by Design.  Security should be an integral part of

Internet Security: Businesses Struggle to Defend Against Persistent DDoS Attacks

By Dick Weisinger

It may come as no surprise, but hacker activity and the sophistication of that activity has been dramatically increasing.  A recent report by Akamai found that just between Q2 and Q3 2014 that the total number of DDoS attacks increased

Security: Securing Your Credit Card with Quantum Physics

By Dick Weisinger

Quantum-Secure Authentication (QSA) is a new technology that relies on the quantum properties of photons and their ability to be in multiple places at once.  Recently researchers say that using QSA it’s possible to create secure unhackable credit cards. The

Security: DNS and BGP Provide Shaky Foundation for Today’s Internet

By Dick Weisinger

Two foundations of the Internet are DNS and BGP.  The Domain Name System (DNS) determines where information will flow.  The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) determines the route taken to deliver the information.  The problem is that these systems were designed