Our favorite local cyber security startup accelerator, Mach37, has just announced their latest class. The new companies include Locurity, Cyber 20/20, 418 Intelligence, TensorWrench, Cyber Algorithms, Atriceps, and Huntress Labs. Congratulations to the new class. via Streetwise.com On Monday, Mach37, the…
Cyber! Everybody drink … right? Maybe not so much… “Cyber” has been chosen as the word, for lack of a better term. You can either talk to folks in terms of “cyber” or probably not be heard. – @McGrewSecurity #…
NSA Director Mike Rogers had some tough questions the other day from several top security experts at the “Cybersecurity for a New America” conference in Washington, DC. There was Bruce Schneier discussing the legitimacy of backdoors but the exchange of…
FISMA reform is finally headed to the White House for signing. Although the legislation may not be perfect, it is nice to see forward progress. Unfortunately, the hard part is next … the actual implementation. Will agencies find a way…
Recently a writer for an online publication emailed me asking for a quote regarding the overall state of security. She wanted to hear about trends and know if there was a “go to” vendor. After a particularly rough week at…
Saw this cute post last week on how one infosec pro is explaining cybersecurity safety to his young girls with stories. What’s nice is that he relates it to what he does day to day at work too so you can…
Welcome to another edition of our Weekly Rewind – where we summarize all our posts from the last week. The top stories this week were 3) “Fukishima: Incident Response Done Right”, 2) “You Probably Already Have Most of the Security…
Tools – information security is fecund* with them, but it never seems like we have what we need. So what’s a poor security analyst supposed to do? In a recent two-part article, I discussed the built-in security functionalities of many…
Looks like our favorite start-up incubator is seeking companies for their fall cohort… Eight companies will receive $50K of start-up capital and mentorship through their 90-day program. via MACH37 The MACH37™ Cyber Accelerator has officially opened the application period for its…
Welcome to another edition of our Weekly Rewind – where we summarize all our posts from the last week. The top stories this week were 3) “Internet Infrastructure in 5 Minutes”, 2) “6 Tips for Learning Information Security”, and 1)…