Al Qaeda’s “Inspire” Magazine and the Boston Marathon Bombing  By MacDonnell Ulsch CEO & Chief Analyst Al Qaeda loves the Internet.  Would it like to strike down the very companies and government that created what we now know as a multifaceted, integrated collection of technologies that connect the world in ways never imagined only several [...]

Note:  I asked my friend and colleague Gary Beach to contribute to the ZeroPoint blog because he has an important new book coming out in July.  The U.S. Technology Skills Gap: What Every Technology Executive Must Know to Save America’s Future examines issues that should be of concern to everyone because the “skills gap” is [...]

By: Gerry Kane Managing Director Gerry.Kane@ZeroPointRisk.com   The world we live in often seems like an endless repetition of day after day, with little variance but the weather.  We become complacent, perhaps content and, unfortunately, dismissive of the possibility for calamitous change. The reality is, however, that while life does follow repetitious patterns and gradual [...]

THOUGHTS ON STEALING THE FUTURE When Organized Crime Strikes Is nothing sacred?  A friend put it succinctly.  “When you get labeled with child pornography, that’s the worst.  How do you ever come back from that? “ Good question.  It used to be that the subject never made the light of day, not at least among [...]

THOUGHTS ON STEALING THE FUTURE Napoleon on China: “There, is a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! If he awakes, he will shake the world.”  Make no mistake: China is wide awake. The People’s Republic of China is at the forefront of nation-state espionage, despite its denials.  But the theft of U.S. technological secrets by China [...]

THOUGHTS ON STEALING THE FUTURE Prepare for more corporate data breaches in 2013!  Prepare for greater risk impact, as criminals, rogues, and nation-states escalate the quest to steal the future through theft, sabotage, and disinformation. While many rightfully speculate about an electronic Pearl Harbor targeted at U.S. critical infrastructure, an event intended to devastate commercial [...]

To whom it may concern: I want to let you know a few things I know about you. Please don’t worry, as I am sure I will forget everything in a few minutes. However, I implore upon you, please be more aware of how you are placing your personal information at risk….. – I know [...]

By MacDonnell Ulsch and Michael J. Sullivan, Esq. We urge President Obama to support H.R. 3523, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act,  a bipartisan effort combating the very real and escalating digital threat.  This legislation is one of the few contemporary demonstrations of agreement between Republicans and Democrats.  Passed on April 26 by a [...]

It has been almost two years since I concluded my initial series of blog entries on “Tales of a Social Engineer” (http://tinyurl.com/ZPR-Tales).  In that intervening period, it was my hope obsessive longing that data breaches precipitated by social engineering would be curtailed.  It was my hope potentially misguided expectation that there would be calls to [...]

In my exalted position as an information risk management advisor, there are always opportunities for Monday morning quarterbacking.  I give advice (sometimes free via media such as this) to organizations on the proper way to manage risk, and I smugly “tsk-tsk” when my good advice is ignored and an “incident” occurs. Well, you won’t find [...]