As 2016 draws to a close, the state of cybersecurity in the United States remains a mixed bag. At the highest level - protection of government intelligence and infrastructure - some progress accrued toward adoption of standards to protect government agencies from network penetration. Elsewhere it is a grim picture. In the commercial realm, widespread "cyber insecurity" … [Read more...]
Attack on Charlie Hebdo Reveals True “Enemies of the Internet”: Radical Islam
Today's terrorist attack on French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo illustrates once again that the true "enemies of the Internet'" -- and of freedom of speech and the press -- are the advocates of radical Islam, not the electronic surveillance companies charged with protecting public safety. Reports indicate at least 12 magazine staff and police murdered by two gunmen shouting, … [Read more...]