The Web is alive with a new report by Evans Data Corporation showing rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT). The report cites North America and the Asia Pacific region as being well ahead in IOT development projects, while EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) lag far behind due to lack of interest by developers. The implication: Those in the lead are … [Read more...]
NYSE Goes Dark: Dismiss it or FREAK Out?
FREAK vulnerability, a sleeper for nearly a decade, serves as a reminder that widespread IT security weakness remains an unaddressed crisis-in-the-making. One day after the epic outage of the New York Stock Exchange, the crash of United Airlines computer systems and similar problems at The Wall Street Journal, the trio of incidents has moved out of the front page and off … [Read more...]
SSI Pacific: Riding the Wave of Multi-Play Surveillance
C5IS reviews Australia’s SSI Pacific, a provider of turnkey lawful intercept solutions, data retention and analytics, cybersecurity, and real-time OSINT. There was a time when specialist practitioners dominated the surveillance marketplace. A company might offer lawful intercept solutions, but not warrant management; or strictly mobile location; or analytics and … [Read more...]
Silent Circle’s U.S. Exit — What Was the Point?
C5IS reviews Silent Circle, a maker of encryption to protect mobile calling, messaging and videoconferencing, and the “surveillance-proof” Blackphone. In business as in life, what often seems coincidence is in fact deliberate timing. In August 2013, Silent Circle without warning cancelled its popular Silent Mail service, characterizing e-mail as the sole point of … [Read more...]
Sqrll Cyber Defense: Begin With the Right Questions
Interviews with Sqrll co-founder Ely Khan invariably mention his background as Director of Cybersecurity at the White House. Accumulo-based cybersecurity leader Sqrll launched in 2012. The White House suffered a notorious cyberattack in 2014. If White House data wasn’t protected by a system with the proven quals of Sqrll, why not? Welcome to the contrary worlds of top … [Read more...]