Years ago, we faced something odd in a project: a customer was putting pressure on us while performing a One-Shot Hacking. The manager who hired us demanded preliminary results and made comments about how we should frame some of the findings, what to keep, and what to remove from the final report. We decided not to […]
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How healthcare breakthroughs could help cybersecurity Many startups are achieving success by redefining how the economy works. Xtechs (financial, health, insurance, among others) are reducing operational costs and delivering more value to customers, by leveraging on computer science and advances in electronics. 3D printing, habit-tracking apps, cheap, precise and small measurement devices, and more, are just a few examples
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Should CEOs discuss software defects? You wake up, and probably check your smartphone immediately. Chances are you already have smart devices at home; like light bulbs, you turn on and off from the same smartphone. You often check traffic and estimated time arrivals of your commute by using an app or online service. Software aids
How some firms (especially SMBs) can go broke How often do we hear a company went bankrupt because of a hack? You’ve probably never heard about such a thing. What we usually see in newspapers is millions of dollars in losses, big corporations involved, public outrage, among others. The case of Target in 2013, for
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And, “of course, I can always protect my company.” How likely is your organization to suffer a hack or a data breach in the next 12 months? How confident are you in containing all attacks on your organization? Your answers to these questions are probably associated with how cybersecurity operations are performed at your company. Psychological
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Strategize with cybersecurity and avoid losses Manuel Hepfer and Thomas Powell from the University of Oxford shared lessons from companies that faced ransomware attacks in the past few years. These insights were published in a recent article in MIT Sloan Management Review. In my words, the paper calls for a shift in how organizations see cybersecurity. I was surprised
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