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Can Infosec get ahead of the Blackhats?

Posted on September 3, 2014 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Can Infosec get ahead of the Blackhats?

It is described at times as an arms race. Information Security always seems to be behind the bad guys. Can this ever change? We all know the routine by now. New exploit, new signatures, new patches, new updates, new exploits. Rinse, lather, and repeat. We hear of the next big thing to be adaptive. Heuristic…

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Meanwhile, away from Las Vegas

Posted on August 6, 2014 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Meanwhile, away from Las Vegas

Yep, Hacker or Security Summer Camp time is here. For those of us not out in Las Vegas at Blackhat, B-Sides, and Defcon, The world continues on. As it goes, the U.S. Army has a lot to learn about the world of hacking. The Register put out a story on how the US Cyber Army…

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Security – Open Source vs. Closed: It’s a matter of eyes

Posted on April 14, 2014 By Michael Kavka 1 Comment on Security – Open Source vs. Closed: It’s a matter of eyes

For years there has been the whole what is more secure, Open or Closed source? Microsoft has and still takes a beating over this. Truth, though, is a different thing. We all have heard of Heartbleed by now. The 2 year old security gap in OpenSSL has been all over the news. During all of…

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