DZone is one of the world’s largest online communities and leading publisher of knowledge resources for software developers. Recently, they published an article pertaining to the Meltdown and Spectre bugs and discussed with Jason McNew, CEO and founder of Stronghold…
What is the Spectre bug aka Spectre attack? Like the Meltdown bug, the Spectre bug is a hardware bug in the form of a CPU design flaw. Unlike the Meltdown bug which only affects Intel processors, the Spectre bug impacts…
What is the Meltdown bug? Most of the bugs that make the news are software bugs, but the Meltdown bug is a hardware bug (in the form of a design flaw) that affects Intel processors going back several generations. In…
In part I of “The Password Pandemic”, I advised (in the same vein as NIST SP 800-63b) the use of passphrases, instead of passwords. This is because hackers have built massive databases of stolen passwords and tables full of password…
President Obama issued Executive Order (EO) 13556, Controlled Unclassified Information, on 04 November 2010. It was this EO that laid the groundwork for NIST Special Publication 800-171, “Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Information Systems and Organizations.” As of December…
The deadline to be DFARS 225.204-7012/NIST 800-171 compliant is now just a scant 34 days away and a lot of the companies who are contacting us have not even started yet. Don’t panic, but if you have not gotten started…
WGAL's 8 On Your Side consumer reporter Brian Roche talks with Stronghold Cyber Security's CEO Jason McNew on how stolen information ends up on the "Dark Web" and gets bought and sold. Watch the video below - What is the…
Humanity has a massive password problem. We might call it The Password Pandemic. Computers keep getting faster and cheaper, making passwords easier to crack, while human operators do not change their bad password habits. This is a losing proposition, with…
Pam Baker of Security Boulevard asks things enterprises can do to better secure their IoT. Know your network. Know what IoT devices are on the network, and what their vulnerabilities are, so you can make a smart defense plan. “For…
Tatiana Bonneau of AMAFeed.com invited Stronghold Cyber Security founder and CEO Jason McNew to do an "Ask Me Anything" interview, scheduled for November 1 at 11 AM, Eastern time. To view the interview and submit questions, please visit the link…
