Lou Covey, Author at Cyber Protection Magazine

Arqit Suit Pulls Back the Curtain on Quantum

Lou Covey May 18, 2022May 13, 2022cloud, development, encryption, insurance, IoT, journal, Multi-factor authentication, OT, quantum, Quantum computing, Quantum cryptography, review

The Arqit shareholder fraud lawsuit is pulling back the curtain on the Quantum computing industry. Before it’s over we may see how much is FUD, snake oil and legitimate.

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Blazing a Trail to Zero Trust

Lou Covey May 6, 2022May 9, 2022cybersecurity, OT, zero trust

Cybersecurity is a mystery to most people and organizations and the industry isn’t very helpful in clearing that up. Zero Trust (ZT) is a good first step but it, too, is a black hole of confusing information. But there are some individuals that are blazing a trail to ZT.

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Scam Bucket: Bogus Emergency Data Requests

Lou Covey May 4, 2022May 5, 2022CISO, expert, Facebook, identity, OT

Hackers have a new way of stealing data: impersonating members of law enforcement agencies and making emergency data requests (EDR) for information.

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IoT Security is Bad, but there is hope

Lou Covey April 29, 2022April 28, 20225g, apt, cybersecurity, GDPR, IoT, OT, password, privacy, risk

We caught up with founder and CEO of Cyberus Labs, Jack Wolosewicz on his view on the future of security in IoT and 5G technology.

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Lawsuit Pulls Back Curtain on Quantum Crypto Industry

Lou Covey April 23, 2022May 11, 2022development, encryption, OT, quantum, Quantum computing, Quantum cryptography, risk

Last updated on May 11th, 2022 at 08:51 amThe benefits of quantum computing are a bit hazy, but the danger of the technology is significant.

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Scam Bucket: Latest Russian Phishing Scam

Lou Covey April 18, 2022April 18, 2022cyber attack, cybercrime, Darknet, identity, OT, phishing, spoofing

The Russian cyber offensive against the West finally hit last week and it was a pretty weak phishing scam.

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Ukraine war is fast-tracking cyber laws

Lou Covey April 11, 2022April 11, 2022CISO, cloud, Cloud computing, compliance, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data privacy, expert, focus, GDPR, identity, network, OT, privacy, risk

Thanks to Vlad “The Invader” Putin, the EU, UK and US are fast-tracking cyber laws. But some experts think the laws and regulations lack proper incentives beyond fines and prosecution.

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Russian Cyber Warfare capabilities overblown

Lou Covey April 6, 2022April 6, 2022cybersecurity, Cyberwarfare, focus, insurance, OT

There is one thing we learned from the Ukraine war: the Russian army is not nearly as powerful as we believed it was. That goes for their cyberwarfare capabilities as well – find out why in our latest Crucial Tech podcast.

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Guess what!? Today is World Backup Day

Lou Covey March 31, 2022March 31, 2022attacks, backup, cyber attack, OT

Backups will improve your resilience against cyber attacks. For today’s World Backup Day we have a special episode of our Crucial Tech podcast to highlight the importance of backing up your data.