Facebook went down yesterday, which caused quite a bit of excitement over the internet. I was originally hoping to draft some observations from a technical standpoint, but I read this article from Cloudflare and felt it was better than what I was working on. Instead, I’m going to keep it less technical and speak to my thoughts on where the internet should go from here. It occurred to me that many people in my slack…
Tag: cybersecurity
Pay Attention To Your Data
None of my tech friends have an Amazon echo product in their house. Many of them are hesitant to buy a Tesla – but not because of the cost. My tech friends are concerned about privacy. Why? The common sentiment seems to be a respect for what technology can do. If you ever hear your amazon echo respond when you didn’t want it to, you might think nothing of it and keep going about your…
Defining the Internet of Things
Just like how the Internet connects the seven billion inhabitants of the world, so is the IoT expected to offer such connection for networks, devices, and IT systems. However, when communicating IoT with both the technologically literate and otherwise, I have experienced great difficulty in defining the Internet of Things. When it started, the Internet was a utility only those with computers could access, but with the increase in technology, and worldwide development, the last…
The Two Types of Organizations
The Two Types of Organizations By Michael Hudak There are only two types of organizations: those that know that they’ve been hacked and those that don’t yet know,” he said. “But they’ve all been hacked.” A cyber security expert Dmitri Alperovitch once said “There are only two types of organizations: those that know that they’ve been hacked and those that don’t yet know,” he said. “But they’ve all been hacked.” He was speaking…