Tag: Cybersecurity
Companies’ self-regulation doesn’t have to be bad for the public
Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
If Boeing is allowed to certify that a crash-prone aircraft is safe, and Facebook can violate users’ privacy expectations, should companies...
Hackers seek ransoms from Baltimore and communities across the US
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The people of Baltimore are beginning their fifth week under an electronic siege that has prevented residents from...
Congress is considering privacy legislation – be afraid
Jeff Sovern, St. John's University
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called privacy the “right to be let alone.” Perhaps Congress should give states trying to...
A secure relationship with passwords means not being attached to how...
Merrill Warkentin, Mississippi State University; Karen Renaud, Abertay University, and Robert Otondo, Mississippi State University
When you are asked to create a password – either...
Data breaches are inevitable – here’s how to protect yourself anyway
W. David Salisbury, University of Dayton and Rusty Baldwin, University of Dayton
It’s tempting to give up on data security altogether, with all the billions...
Clean up your cyber-hygiene – 6 changes to make in the...
Elissa Redmiles, University of Maryland
Data breaches, widespread malware attacks and microtargeted personalized advertising were lowlights of digital life in 2018.
As technologies change, so does...
Threats remain to US voting system – and voters’ perceptions of...
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
As the 2018 midterms proceed, there are still significant risks to the integrity of the voting system –...
30 years ago, the world’s first cyberattack set the stage for...
Scott Shackelford, Indiana University
Back in November 1988, Robert Tappan Morris, son of the famous cryptographer Robert Morris Sr., was a 20-something graduate student at...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
