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Brian Romansky Chief Innovation Officer
Vaccine-like Trials Could Allay Software Patch Concerns
A recent article from fortune.com implies that perhaps the Russian race to be the first to announce an approved vaccine for COVID-19 might circumvent the level of rigorous safety and effi...
Bill Caffery Strategic Technology Advisor
Closing the Barn Door?
According to yesterday’s NY Times (July 16, 2020) U.S. Intelligence agencies have revealed that a small but well-known hacking group associated with Russian Intelligence have been “ta...
Charlie Schick Healthcare Consultant
Protecting Information Amongst the Chaos
This week, new evidence emerged that a group linked to the Russian government, APT29 (also known as Cozy Bear), has been attacking and trying to steal COVID-19-related informati...
A Statement on Violence Against the Black Community from Owl Cyber Defense
As we absorb our communities’ pain and anger, we must demand change from ourselves. The heartbreaking racial acts and injustices towards the Black community across this country is a dis...
Charlie Schick Healthcare Consultant
VxWorks URGENT/11 – When Your Reliable System is Actually a Time Bomb
What You Need to Know
Eleven critical vulnerabilities were found in a leading real-time operating system (RTOS) used in many industries, by leading vendors - VxWorks. The nature and scal...
Sharada Prahladrao ARC Advisory Group
ARC Advisory Group – Owl Cyber Defense Workshop on Sustainable OT Cybersecurity Strategy
Cybersecurity is now at the forefront of all deliberations in a digitally connected world. Once again an entire day at the ARC Industry Forum in Orlando featured cybersecurity worksho...
Aileen Casmano Marketing Communications Manager
Staying Cyber-Aware While Social Distancing
Due to the COVID-19 (AKA "Coronavirus") pandemic, many organizations are implementing telework or work-from-home policies to maintain business continuity while “flattening the curve” ...
John McKeon Business Development Manager - Financial Services
Comments on the Upcoming NIST Special Publication 1800-25A
As you may or may not be aware, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST has released a draft version of NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide SP 1800-25 - Identifying ...
Dan Crum Marketing Manager
Introducing SELint – A Free SELinux Policy Analysis Tool
As part of our ongoing leadership in the SELinux community, Tresys – now Owl Cyber Defense, as the companies have recently merged – has developed SELint, a free tool designed to perfo...
Charlie Schick Healthcare Consultant
Windows 7 End of Life Puts Hospitals in a Pickle
Microsoft is ending all support for Windows 7 on January 14th, 2020 - less than 3 months away (as of this writing)! After that time, there will no longer be any updates (including securit...
Charlie Schick Pharma and Healthcare Consultant
Total Geekery: Data Diode Bioreactor Demo
This post will be on the light side, describing a demo I had fun making and about which my co-workers are tired of hearing me speak. Nonetheless, despite the geekiness of the demo, it was...
Charlie Schick Healthcare Consultant
How Will You Securely Expand Your PI System to Include Contract Manufacturers?
So you want to optimize your manufacturing operations. The competitive landscape virtually demands it, driving efficiency into every facet of every process across your organization and be...