If your business has been the victim of a cybersecurity incident, data breach, or other cybercrime, you may have had to decide whether to keep the incident to yourself, or report the crime to the police. If you carry cyber insurance, reporting the crime is a requirement to file an insurance claim. So you called the police and filed a report, You may have been discouraged by the lack of enthusiasm ...
On May 7, the FBI announced the release of the 2017 edition of the Internet Crime Report, published by the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). This 29 page report outlines what cyber-crimes are most popular and most profitable for the perpetrators. Don’t miss the extensive list of cyber-crimes and definitions in Appendix A. Seriously, I found them kind of interesting. Anyway, these crimes led to $1.42 billion in losses ...
You may have heard something about “quantum computing.” This appears to be where the future of computing is heading, and uses quantum mechanics and something called a “qubit” instead of the typical ones and zeros of binary computer that we use today. Quantum computing, when perfected, will provide some truly blistering data rates that could allow AI and machine learning to evolve into truly self-aware computing devices, also know as “the singularity.” Think Skynet, without all the killing of humans ...
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