Author Archives: Faisal Rashid

https://www.forbes.com/sites/carrierubinstein/2020/04/10/beware-remote-work-involves-these-3-cyber-security-risks/#343c6bc061c4 With the COVID-19 Pandemic still going on in full force you’d be hard pressed to find some bit of news that doesn’t make some reference to it. That said, as many employers have shifted their work forces into working remotely from home, new security concerns that a given organization may not have had toContinue reading “Post #9”

https://www.cisomag.com/international-cybersecurity-experts-come-together-to-fight-covid-19-related-cyberthreats/ And another post about Coronavirus! Kind of. With the pandemic raging on and things not even really at a culminating point (the calm before the storm so to speak) there are always going to be people out there trying to take advantage of the panic and confusion. Previously, one of these blog posts focusedContinue reading “Blog Post #8”

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-04-qa-vyas-sekar-covid-pandemic.html Unfortunately, I think that COVID-19 will almost exclusively what anyone will be talking about for some time. This post is much the same! With people working from home remotely and most of the general public staying home and engaging in social distancing, things have definitely changed our way of life, although hopefully temporarily. AContinue reading “Post #7”

https://www.axios.com/dhs-cybersecurity-agency-stress-test-remote-capabilities-coronavirus-cisa-00d94cb9-8826-4271-8cb4-9b380c26a282.html It seems like all that anyone is talking about right now is the Corona virus, and I’m happy to jump on that bandwagon so long as it’s interesting. With more organizations discouraging their members from traveling (see our own Metro’s extension of Spring Break) these groups need to start thinking about how to switchContinue reading “Post #6”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2020/03/02/the-cybersecurity-202-officials-fear-coronavirus-could-be-next-front-in-election-interference/5e5c5a1d602ff10d49abf5cb/ Somewhat related to another blog post which talked about how there are people out there trying to exploit fears about the Coronavirus to gain personal user information and spread malware. However, this article touches on a perspective I had not considered prior to reading. The idea being that interference in our upcoming presidential electionContinue reading “Post #5”

https://www.wisn.com/article/cybersecurity-expert-ties-racine-oshkosh-ransomware-attacks-to-russian-hackers/30902851# Particularly interesting to me, personally. The two Wisconsin cities that are referred to in the article are Racine, and Oshkosh, respectively. I’m originally from Wisconsin, and lived in Milwaukee for 4 years which is fairly close to Racine. My hometown was about 20 minutes away from Oshkosh, and I used to take classes atContinue reading “Post #4”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2020/02/07/airport-security-shocker-as-97-of-worlds-top-100-fail-cybersecurity-testing/#4f6e325f2b6c Pretty disconcerting. The cybersecurity firm ImmuniWeb based in Switzerland did an evaluation of the cybersecurity standards and protocols of 100 of the busiest airports in the world. In an industry in which physical security standards have ballooned post 9/11, one would think that cybersecurity protocols are also held  to a high standard. ImmuniWeb found that this was not even closeContinue reading “Post #3”

https://www.wxii12.com/article/coronavirus-cybersecurity-computer-viruses-warning/30738057# I found this article both humorous and honestly a bit depressing. Basically, people are taking advantage of the current events and the slowly building concerns over the Coronavirus spreading as quickly as it has been. Essentially, they’re pretending to supply information about how to protect yourself from the Coronavirus, however that’s simply to getContinue reading “Post #2”

Blog Post #1 – Due 1/28/2020 https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-warns-huawei-cybersecurity-poor-5g-2020-1 This was an interesting read. The United Kingdom’s own organization meant to deal with cybersecurity, The National Cyber Security Centre is being openly critical of the Chinese company Huawei as they are being allowed to launch their brand’s devices on the UK’s new 5G wireless network. One ofContinue reading “Post #1”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.