Cybersecurity Skill Shortage Increases Risk

SECURITY INFOWATCH | July 8, 2016

It was not a good day for the SOC.
Warnings had been emerging over the past few days, but none of them had resulted in crisp defensive action. The team was scrambling, and activity was extreme.
But nothing was happening. No one had seen anything like this before. It was pretty likely that this was a new, active attack, but what exactly was happening? What was the attack vector? What was the target?
No one had seen anything like this before.

Liberal Arts Supporter Ray Rothrock Named Distinguished Alumnus

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY | July 6, 2016

One of the marks of a great leader is humility—a trait manifested by Ray Rothrock ’77, one of the 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipients. Given jointly by Texas A&M University and The Association of Former Students, this award recognizes Aggies for their professional excellence as well as their service to Texas A&M and their local communities.

Why 334M People Should Care About Friday, July 1

INFORMATION SECURITY BUZZ | July 1, 2016

Utility companies nationwide are angst-ing about Friday. Not because it’s a long weekend, but because July 1 marks the end of the extended deadline for compliance – imposed by the Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) –  with NERC’s(N. American Electric Reliability Corp.) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) V5 standards.

Why is this important?