SANS Security Trend Line

. Fifteen year's Federal PKI spending - Congresspersons must look for BYO encryption apps? . Reps. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) "Dear Colleague" letter to the entire House of Representatives on basic security hygiene. Continue reading Twelve Word Tuesday: Why Are US Elected Officials Resorting to "Bring Your Own Security" for Basic Security Hygiene??

In the past six months or so, there has been a lot of forward movement in state and federal government around the idea of screening suppliers and contractors for "basic security hygiene" as embodied in the Critical Security Controls. Most importantly, new federal procurement regulations will go into effect June 15th that directly require contractors … Continue reading Progress in Using the Critical Security Controls to Sort Out "Security Bad Apples"

Software smart enough to win Jeopardy - probably still dumb enough get phished? Article here: IBM to work with universities to train Watson AI on cybersecurity. Continue reading Twelve Word Tuesday: Watson, Come Here - I Need Your Password

Use: stronger authentication (non-PIV!) Application Stores. ISP services that filter known bad. Continue reading Twelve Word Tuesday: Advising the Next President on Top 3 Things Government Agencies Should Do In Cybersecurity

Good model for cybersecurity overall: be more like FEMA, less like TMZ. FBI's Donald Freese quotes What is TMZ? Continue reading Twelve Word Tuesday: Good News - FBI To Prioritize Damage Reduction over Observation and "Hand Wringing"