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STEPS FORWARD: Math geniuses strive to make a pivotal advance — by obfuscating software code

The Last Watchdog

Related: How Multi Party Computation is disrupting encrypti on An accomplished violinist, Einstein, no doubt, appreciated the symmetry of his metaphor. Simply put, iO must be achieved in order to preserve privacy and security while tapping into the next generation of IT infrastructure.

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2019 end-of-year review part 1: January to June

IT Governance

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. Security researcher Brian Krebs explained that Facebook’s internal company servers contained passwords stored in plaintext. Facebook said that the breach was discovered in January 2019 as part of an internal security review.

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GUEST ESSAY. Everyone should grasp these facts about cyber threats that plague digital commerce

The Last Watchdog

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true.