March 19, 2024

Pragmatic advice for buying “Internet of Things” devices

We’re hearing an increasing amount about security flaws in “Internet of Things” devices, such as a “messaging” teddy bear with poor security or perhaps Samsung televisions being hackable to become snooping devices. How are you supposed to make purchasing decisions for all of these devices when you have no idea how they work or if […]

Report on the NSF "Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace" PI meeting

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) Principal Investigator Meeting (whew!) took place Nov. 27-29, 2012, at the Gaylord Hotel just outside Washington, DC.  The SaTC program is NSF’s flagship for cybersecurity research, although it certainly isn’t the only NSF funding in this area.  The purpose of this blog posting is to […]