Overview of Section 889 Section 889 is part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2019. The statute imposes new restrictions on the procurement of telecommunications equipment or services from certain companies, and their subsidiaries or affiliates, based on their ties to the Chinese government. In doing so, the regulation expanded the…
Pharma Industry Challenges Amid COVID-19 Pandemic The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most vital industries in the world; discovering, developing, producing and marketing drugs and medication to help patients suffering from illnesses as minor as the common cold, to life threatening diseases such as cancer. Especially today, when COVID-19 is causing major global disruptions,…
What is CMMC? The new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is the US Department of Defense’s response to numerous compromises of sensitive defense information sitting on contractors’ information systems. CMMC provides a unified standard for implementing cybersecurity throughout the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) with a framework that better assesses and improves the cybersecurity posture of the…
Today’s world and economies are highly interconnected. With this interconnection, supply chains for major organizations are highly globalized, with OEM’s supplying various hardware components to device manufacturers from across the globe. This increasing globalization has also brought with it, increasing threats in supply chain such as counterfeit hardware, untested and unpatched hardware, insecure authentication protocols…
The Raspberry Pi is a small (credit card-like size), inexpensive, portable computer that connects to real-world objects. It contains all the basics of any computer including a processor, memory and graphics processor. As such, it is capable of doing everything one would expect a regular computer to do. For instance, as browse the internet, play…
For 90-95% of IT leaders the biggest cause of concern is humans and for 52% of businesses employees are their biggest weakness. According to a 2017 Kaspersky report, around 5% of all cybersecurity attacks were carried out by internal staff with malicious intent, with an additional 23% carried out by careless/uninformed employees. Although the majority…
Critical infrastructure is recognized by governments as the body of systems, networks and assets (be that physical or virtual) that is so essential that their continued operation is required to ensure the security of a given nation, its economy and the public’s health and/or safety. Essentially, these are assets that are crucial for the functioning…
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a trend whereby employee-owned devices are being used within a business. BYOD policies enable employees to use the same devices for personal and office use, allowing them to work remotely if need be. This is a trend that is growing rapidly due to the myriad of benefits it provides…
Automated teller machines (ATMs) are a prime target for hackers. Why? The amount of money inside of them and the easy access to obtaining it. Some ATMs are filled with over $2,000 a day. That’s $14,000 a week. And $56,000 a month. Give or take the money going out from transactions, that is still a…