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National Cybersecurity Alliance advocates ‘shared responsibility’ for securing the Internet

The Last Watchdog

The National Cyber Security Alliance is a non-profit group, underwritten by the top tech companies and biggest banks, that has been out there since 2001 promoting best practices and supplying programs to engrain this mindset in our society. Related: Using ‘gamification’ for security training.

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Vulnerability Finding Using Machine Learning

Schneier on Security

Since 2001 Microsoft has collected 13 million work items and bugs. Sure, defenders can use the same systems, but many of today's Internet of Things (IoT) systems have no engineering teams to write patches and no ability to download and install patches. However, large volumes of semi-curated data are perfect for machine learning.

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Roll your own VPN and other tech advice

Javvad Malik

Like many people, over the last couple of years, my main real interaction with people outside of my immediate family and Amazon delivery drivers has been via the internet. The beauty of the internet is that you don’t need to shower, put on decent clothes, or worry about offending anyone. Going back to another Mikko tweet, .

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News Alert: Swissbit introduces small-capacity memory for IIoT, smart city applications

The Last Watchdog

This expertise allows Swissbit customers to reliably store and protect data in critical industrial, NetCom, automotive, medical and finance applications as well as across the Internet of Things (IoT). Swissbit was founded in 2001 and has offices in Switzerland, Germany, USA, Japan and Taiwan. 2 and 2.5”

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What Is DNS And Why Should Your Business Care?

Adam Levin

A few days later, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ), the organization responsible for governing large parts of the internet, issued a bleak warning urging businesses to do the same, and to enact stronger security measures. DNS, or The Domain Name System, is a core Internet service.

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MY TAKE: The back story on the convergence, continuing evolution of endpoint security

The Last Watchdog

It was a reflection of attackers moving to take full advantage of the fresh attack vectors cropping up as companies retooled their legacy networks – comprised of ‘on-premises’ servers and clients – to operate in the expanding world of cloud services, mobile devices and the Internet of Things.

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Web application exposures continue do bedevil companies as digital transformation accelerates

The Last Watchdog

The San Jose, CA-based security vendor has been helping companies protect their web applications since the company was founded in 2001 by world-renowned ethical hacker Jeremiah Grossman , who also happens to be a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, as well as a native of my home state, Hawaii. Talk again soon.