National Security
This is the blog for MindPoint Group's Information Security & Privacy (ISP) division. We hope to use this to contribute to and debate ideas among the ISP community.24
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Voter Privacy vs. the Security of the Electronic Voting System
As technology continues to permeate every facet of life, individuals are continuously faced with decisions that test the balance between convenience and privacy. One of those emerging decisions affects a cornerstone of democracy: voting. Voter privacy is of utmost concern when considering the voting systems that are used; especially in the United States where we
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When Perception is Not Reality: Perspectives on State-Sponsored Hacking and Retaliation
NBC News recently reported that the CIA is poised to launch a retaliatory cyber-attack against Russian computer systems. This comes in the wake of multiple hacking incidents that were almost certainly motivated by a desire to influence the upcoming presidential election. In a rare move, DHS and the ODNI have publicly attributed these attacks to
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A Holistic Approach to Insider Threat
Differentiating malicious insiders from normal users has proven to be one of the most difficult security challenges facing the Federal Government as illustrated by high-profile insiders such as Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden and the latest, Harold Martin III. Traditional approaches to this problem tend to focus primarily on technical indicators such as system audit logs,