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DEF CON 27 Was Hacking Airplanes, Voting Machines, Cameras, Schools
After a full week invading Las Vegas, top security conferences Black Hat USA 2019 and DEF CON 27 have come to an end…or is just the beginning? What a week it was! The conferences proved that nearly everything is hackable: Airplanes. This year marked the first-ever aviation village at DEF CON. According to an article…
Read MoreCyber News Roundup: What to Expect at Black Hat and DEF CON
Your phone is leaking your personally identifiable information (PII). Learn how to break modern encryption and hack into a car. Explore ways to hack physical security, including disabling alarm systems and cameras. Hear lessons learned from running a national penetration testing competition. These are just some of many topics that will be explored – and…
Read MoreOregon Cybersecurity Leader Charlie Kawasaki Featured on KGW
While many people understand the need to build a larger cybersecurity workforce with trained cybersecurity experts, it takes dedicated cybersecurity leaders to push this initiative forward. One standout in this effort is Charlie Kawasaki, vice chair of the Oregon Cybersecurity Advisory Council (OCAC), CTO of PacStar, and co-founder of NW Cyber Camp – which kicks…
Read MoreCyber News Roundup: Power, Passwords, PII…What Trips Us Up in Cybersecurity
One of the biggest concerns for the energy sector is a grand scale cyberattack shutting down our power grids and our cities. Power networks, considered critical infrastructure by the U.S. Government, have long been a target for hackers, but successful attacks are rare, according to Zack Whittaker in his TechCrunch article. The Department of Energy…
Read More12 Ways to Get a Handle on Secrets Management
Organizations in all industries have secrets that need to be protected. The modern identity landscape is filled with secrets — passwords, encryption keys, cryptocurrency wallets, SQL connection strings, storage account keys, API tokens — yet organizations are challenged with storing, managing, and protecting them. Let’s define “secrets” as some knowledge or a piece of data…
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