My research-in-progress submission on the risks organizations face from executives' use of their private social media sites (SNS) was selected for presentation at the 2018 Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP).
Category: Research
Google and Microsoft ask Governor Deal to veto SB 315
On April 16th, Google and Microsoft jointly sent a letter to Governor Nathan Deal, asking him to veto SB 315.
On conference CFPs and reviewing
As a member of the organizing group for this year's BSides Atlanta conference, I've been reviewing CFP proposals submitted by the community. As I read through the various submissions, I started noticing a few themes. This post is intended to help people interested in submitting a CFP in the future, to understand what reviewers (well,… Continue reading On conference CFPs and reviewing
Quick rundown of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities
Yesterday, news broke about two new vulnerabilities, dubbed “Meltdown” and “Spectre”. The vulnerabilities are present in CPU chips produced by Intel, AMD, and ARM. To give you an understanding of the scope of the problem, almost every computing device you own - desktop computer, laptop computer, tablet computer, and even cell phone - relies on… Continue reading Quick rundown of the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities
“Learning Outcomes for Cyber Defense Competitions” journal publication
I’m very happy to announce that a journal article I co-authored with Dr. Amy Woszczynski entitled “Learning Outcomes for Cyber Defense Competitions” has recently been published in the Journal of Information Security Education. We interviewed judges and mentors for a well-established cyber defense competition held in the Southeast United States. From the data collected during these interviews,… Continue reading “Learning Outcomes for Cyber Defense Competitions” journal publication
