Cyberwarfare

The IoT Files: the call for 5G

I have been recently interviewed on 5G issues and this made me realize how confusing is the knowledge and understanding about 5G. Most of the time, when I heard on mainstream media comment about 5G I find form one side apologetic wonders of how this or that vendor with 5G can solve all human problems, form the other side fears related strictly to the fact that 5G today means Chinese or European vendors, for the first time in years the USA is not leading technologically a strategic sector. even lesser I heard about the link between 5G and IoT and what this means. Generally speaking, most of the discussions on IoT are focused…

Security and Datacenters

A Datacenter is a collection of several different elements, all working together to offer a platform to our digital needs. A datacenter is actually a mix of different elements, some logic some physical, it is just not a mere collection of elements but a complex systems with a lot of interactions. We can easily see inside the datacenter, cables, racks, servers, network equipments, storage units and so on but all are there (or should be there) for a purpose and are interconnected. A big part of a datacenter is not even visible; it is the software and data running in…

Security design considerations

In the previous post ()we learned that when planning a security budget we have to deal with hidden costs, assets, process and a good quote of dealing with higher management. The goal is to reach at least the mTCoS as i called it. Now the problem I pointed out is that in order to define this target value we have to asset risks and rank them to be able to make choices. This is a quite interesting topic per se, since it is still object of studies. I have seen several models to address the question, all have pro and…

Advanced Persistent Threat

Advanced Persistent Threat: come muoversi tra il marketing e la realtà? Questo post riporta le immagini della presentazione che ho tenuto al Festival ICT il 6 di novembre. oltre al post metterò su slideshare a disposizione anche l’intera presentazione in visione sperando di fare cosa gradita. Ovviamente le prime due slide sono introduttive, la prima rappresenta il titolo, l’orario ed il numero della sala 🙂 nella seconda abbiamo la grande opportunità di vedere anche la mia foto e la mia e-mail come referenza per chi fosse interessato. Vi tralascio la descrizione della animazione di transizione tra una slide e l’altra…

A.I. Talking Points–Security Week Review

Is not easy to make a summon of what happened in this crazy market every week. Not because there are not enough arguments to explore but, in effect, because there are too much.So let try to find a way to summarize what I’ve found relevant. Mobile security isn’t just for geeks Although many still does not think about mobile security as a real problem in nowadays business, people should try to think better at the actual landscape.  Let’s focus on some main points that also this week have been clearly exposed by news: mobile means a lot of different things…

A.I. Talking Points : Security Week Review

A.I. Talking Points : Security Week Review Welcome back, after a short period of absence (but I posted anyway ) I’m back with the Weekly (more or less) Talking Points.For the ones does not know what Talking Points is is just a short review of the salient news on Security of the last week. just to have a refresh and a short resume and being quickly updated. This is of course related to the long list of article I refer every weeks on PostOffice2 and sometimes to post on my other technical blog PostOffice.Since it is a long time I’m…

Talking Points – Security week review

  Talking Points Security week review The end of an era? Or, may be, just the beginning? Good morning my friends as we all all aware Lulzsec closed its operation after 50 days of astonishing activities. Is that really the end? or just the beginning? While a group seems to fade, another one revamp, Anonymous taken the Lulzec legacy and both Operation Payback and AntiSec seems to strikes again and again. Brazil, USA, Italy, Spain Greece, Americas and Europe, Asia and Africa seems there is no border for Cyber Aktivists and Cyberwarfare. So if LulzSec closed operations (but it is really…

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