Confusion, ignorance, stupidity or fraud?

Imagine what would happen if you lost your most important work password—and everything it protected—with no chance of retrieval. Your data? Just “poof”—gone! How much would it cost your company? What if it were well over $100 million? Because that’s what just happened to Canadian crypto-currency exchange QuadrigaCX with the apparent death of its CEO, … Read more

Keeping private data private: Sometimes, it’s harder than rocket science

In late December of last year, the news emerged that on October 23rd, NASA had discovered a data breach that may have exposed personal data (such as Social Security numbers) associated with current and former NASA employees. How does such a thing happen? The folks at NASA are smart and hardworking; they know how to … Read more