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Wild Thing – A Post Cyphercon post

Posted on April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Wild Thing – A Post Cyphercon post

Last week broke my string of consecutive weeks posting on this blog. It was a bit busy for me, as I was at Cyphercon up in Milwaukee. The talk I gave went well I feel. Got some good feedback and some good constructive criticism. The only problem I had with the talk was the person…

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BREACHES? BREACHES? Learn the term please!

Posted on April 5, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on BREACHES? BREACHES? Learn the term please!

Communication and terminology is important. So why can’t we get it right? I recently saw a poll on Twitter asking if the Cambridge Analytica situation was a breach. and saw people argue both ways. Definitely a gray area. On the other hand, the Panera situation is different. Nobody breached anything, yet Checkpoint even is calling…

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Rants, Security

Privacy vs. Security

Posted on March 30, 2018March 30, 2018 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Privacy vs. Security

The GDPR is coming, The GDPR is coming!!! Well all know that the GDPR goes into effect in May. As I was listening to the Defensive Security Podcast this week, they started talking a bit about how the privacy laws can affect security and security posture. It is odd to think that something like privacy…

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