Dear Reader, 

As mentioned in our last newsletter, we are preparing to cover the RSA Conference in San Francisco and the International Cyber Expo this year with special print issues. From an overall standpoint, we are targeting security operations centers (SOCs) and industrial IoT security. Each publication will be sponsored and we are actively looking to fill up the pages with original reporting and contributed articles.

To kick off that effort we published this month a Q&A with then CISOs from Rockwell and Honeywell, podcasts on the effectiveness of static SOCs vs virtual SOCs and a larger article on the business of selling the centers as a service. The content set records of readership so we think we are on to something.

Of course, there are quite a few more interesting articles and more developments coming your week. Therefore:

Stay excited and enjoy reading!

Best regards

Patrick Boch & Lou Covey
Editors 

Sex, talk and Tiktok

We are working on individual coverage of the problem of “sextortion”.  While it might be a problem, the data seems to be all over the map as to how big the problem is, who is most affected by it and whether it is on the rise or decline.

 As phishing is returning as a bigger problem than ransomware in 2022 -2023, we are researching the potential for AI-powered voice filtering as a way of closing that threat portal, and who can benefit from the technology.

 TikTok remains a issue of discussion on many levels from personal issues to then highest levels of government,  We will look at whether the concern over TikTok is justified (it is) and what to do about it (know one really knows).

Whither generative AI?

And speaking of pipe dreams, the commercial rollout of ChatGPT from Microsoft and a competitor from Alphabet have been anything but gratifying… unless you think it’s all BS, which makes it kind of funny.  We’ve discovered some things about the potential and falsehoods related to the tech. That’s also on tap.

Quantum encryption

Coverage of quantum encryption continues to be one of our hot buttons especially with the word coming out in late December that the latest encryption standard has been broken. The questions include, is quantum computing a clear and present threat or just something to keep an eye on as we work to shut down other forms of attack with “encryption flexibility”?

Meeting the team at RSAC

We’re starting to get calls to set up meetings at RSAC and we’ve added some ground rules after our chief editor logged 20 miles walking between venues last year.  This year, all meetings will take place in the press room, but the RSAC show runners have a rule that if you’re not an exhibitor, you can’t use the press room for meetings. That kinda works for us.  Also, since last year, we’ve attracted a few sponsors who have helped keep the lights on, so we are giving priority to them.  That doesn’t mean you won’t get a meeting with us, but we will be more focused this year than last.

And that’s it for this issue of the Cyber Protection Magazine newsletter. If you have a comment, question or pitch on any of the above subjects, drop us a line on the website, or a one-minute audio comment on the Crucial Tech podcast. We will get back to you.