2017 was quite a year and, interestingly, December was quite a month in the digital world. The profitability of the technology industry helped Wall Street alleviate losses in the energy sector, continuing the notion that tech is one of the strongest and most reliable fields to invest in. The National Science Foundation, which is a government agency directed at supporting s...
Everybody is by now aware of the vulnerabilities baked in to many modern processors. These vulnerabilities, called Meltdown and Spectre, can potentially allow for malicious software to extract data from the kernel memory of an affected system. This is memory that would normally be used to store information in a secure manner to prevent other applications from accessing it....
It can be hard for company owners to think about what would happen if their company's network failed. So much of the modern business world is held in a digital environment, and losing that can make for some devastating losses. According to Gartner, a single hour of network downtime costs the average organization $300,000. On top of this, an extended downtime event can caus...
A multi-user shared computing environment is quite common in schools, libraries, and hospitals. These systems are widely used for downloading and running unverified files and executables which might make changes to system configurations and can cause the computer to malfunction. There is also a possibility of malware and other harmful programs entering into the network.
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With major companies taking heavy losses as a result of public humiliation from a hacking event, it makes sense that organizations would focus on this. In fact, research from IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute found that the average data breach cost companies $3.62 million. Clearly, there is both a financial and public image facet to robust security. However, advanc...
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