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Security: Gradual Adoption of Two-Factor Authentication

By Dick Weisinger

We’ve known that security based on passwords alone are weak. We’ve known this for some time. Bill Gates commented in 2004 that “there is no doubt that over time, people are going to rely less and less on passwords. People…

Encryption: 256-bit RSA Cracked by a Laptop in 50 sec?

By Dick Weisinger

“Crown Sterling… conducted a live demonstration and decrypted two RSA asymmetric public keys… Crown Sterling Computer Scientists decrypted two 256-bit asymmetric public keys in approximately 50 seconds from a standard laptop computer. Crown Sterling also announced the consistent decryption of…

Low Code Development: Focus on Business Logic Rather Than Software Internals

By Dick Weisinger

No-Code and Low-Code software tools are enabling businesses to accelerate their development and deployment of software. The tools are usable by analysts and other non-developers to build apps without the overhead of communicating requirements to developer teams. The focus of…

Legacy Software: Two-Thirds of SMBs Continue to Use Unsupported Software

By Dick Weisinger

The cycle of software change is rapid and many small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are being left behind. Businesses using older software are often at risk of cyber hacking. As software ages, becomes outdated and unsupported, businesses are at…

Alternative Energies: The Timeline is Compressing

By Dick Weisinger

Digitization. Decarbonization. Decentralization. These three forces are speeding disruption in the energy industry, according to EY. So much so that earlier estimates for when alternative energies would be viable are being blown past. EY says that they’ve brought their estimate…