Lou Covey, Author at Cyber Protection Magazine

Welcome to it-sa

Lou Covey September 15, 2023

Cyber Protection Magazine and the it-sa Expo & Congress have a common goal – providing dialog platforms for IT securitymore

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Podcast: Canada in the crosshairs for cyber attack

Lou Covey September 13, 2023

Canadians are arguably the nicest people in the world. So we called up our favorite Canadian “cybersleuth”, Ian Thornton-Trump, Cyjax’s CISO. to get the skinny.

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Campaign against Cobalt Strike malware progressing

Lou Covey September 8, 2023

But SMEs are on their own The use of the law to shut down malicious use of Cobalt Strike ismore

Scam bucket: USPS Smishing

Lou Covey September 6, 2023

A relatively new “smishing” attack (using SMS texts to gather personal information) is moving through the US, with the attackersmore

Cybersecurity market heading for a reckoning

Lou Covey August 30, 2023

The cybersecurity market is heading for a reckoning without serious adjustments to marketing strategies.…

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Taking uncertainty out of cyber insurance

Lou Covey August 18, 2023

Cyber insurance is a difficult subject to get one’s head around.…

Standards bodies doing the heavy lifting in AI regulation

Lou Covey August 11, 2023

As with any digital product, security relies on four arenas. User responsibility, corporate accountability, government regulation and industry standards.

Hollywood strikes fight over ownership of biometrics

Lou Covey August 4, 2023

Everybody is going to own their own data. I’m going to own my own data. You going to own your own data. Your mother, your brother, your aunt, your uncle… we’re all going to own our own data. Those companies are going to have to pay royalties or license fees to use that data to train their models. The world is going in the opposite way.