Lohrmann on Cybersecurity

I recently asked a group of leading CISOs and security industry CEOs what new security topics and technologies were hot right now. What did they say?

Back in early March, a bipartisan group introduced the State Cyber Resiliency Act. If passed and funded, the legislation would provide grants for state and local governments to improve cybersecurity protections and incident response. Here’s what you need to know.

Over the past few weeks, President Trump’s trillion-dollar infrastructure plan has been getting plenty of global media attention. Here are some of the latest developments, along with recent statements regarding what’s included.

Ransomware attacks are grabbing many headlines. Here are several recent public-sector ransomware incidents, along with what steps you can take to protect your enterprise.

Is your metrics program coordinated with decision-making?

America’s JobLink (AJL), a multi-state, Web-based system that links job-seekers with employers around the country, has been hacked. Here’s what you need to know.

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are accelerating around the globe. A new report highlights that the scale of the cyberdefense problem is growing. What can be done?

There are currently two radically different views regarding the Internet of Things (IoT) in our world. One is bright. The other is dark. Which one will win out? Can they come together — somehow? Here are two opposing perspectives — followed by a potential third way.

The National Governors Association (NGA) 2017 Midyear meeting was held last weekend in Washington, D.C., and the top priorities included cybersecurity and innovative infrastructure strategies in the states. Here are top highlights and several next steps.

The U.S. Department of Energy released an alarming report in January 2017, saying that the U.S. electric grid is in imminent danger from a cyberattack. So where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going regarding smart grid security?

What tips and techniques help parents teach their kids online? Where can cybersecurity professionals turn for resources to train teens about ethical hacking? How can we address cybersafety in new ways moving forward? Here are some answers from the 2017 RSA Conference Cyber Village.

A new Intel Security cloud report reveals that cloud computing adoption is growing rapidly in government and elsewhere all over the world. At the same time, CIOs are struggling to keep enterprise data safe in the cloud. Here is what you need to know.