Elizabeth V Calise

Russian hacks have particularly grown in the last 2 years and this is quite alarming for sure. Good news is that the main financial platform i.e. the e-commerce seems to be unaffected and this could probably be an indication that customer data would not have been stolen. There is a serious need to have more strict regulations with respect to such attacks and to equip retail companies, which are particulate high-transaction systems, with anti-cyber attack systems.

Elizabeth,
I really enjoyed reading this article and was quite surprised with the way the attacks were conducted on Natural gas pipeline. I believe public resources, especially government aided, are far more protected than private organizations data. While it’s still unsure whether the customer data was stolen or not, I would certainly not like to see anything here. I believe that there has absolutely been no harm in having dependency, but what was more important is the concrete firewall that should have been in place to prevent cyber-attacks on pipeline infrastructures.

Quite an interesting article though. This is definitely one of the breakthroughs as I would like to say as this would allow lesser management of passwords and users can easily login using either of single or multi-factor authentication protocols. The only solution for this is to partner with hardware manufacturing companies to integrate this in the systems before being shipped to consumers.

That’s pretty bad considering that these attacks happened on the top 3 financial institutions. It’s still unsure why the attacks happened, but if they have already compromised sensitive financial data, then it might actually cause huge financial loss or even breakdown of the Turkish economy. It’s important to revisit the security systems or try to grab hands of 3rd party security companies to see the source.

Elizabeth,

Great find! Here is a quick story…

I used to own a corner property between the local middle school and elementary school. It wouldn’t be uncommon to see groups of kids walking across my property before and after school. On a few occasions, I would have packages missing from my door. I remember a cell phone and cable box being the most frustrating, but also had a text book that went missing. This all happened within a short period of time, which forced me to notify the post office, ups, and fedex to hold the package at the local branch. I have moved since then and have never had an issue with my new house.

I see my situation isn’t uncommon based on the story your provided. This is why I think Amazon is offering this type of service with such high risk and liabilities. They must be seeing an increase in packages being lost / stolen during transit.

I can see how you have mixed feelings about this. I have the same uncertainty as you. I also think you are taking a big chance with letting a “stranger” in your house. Imagine:

1. If the delivery person was having a bad day and decided to do something “stupid”. Yeah, they may reimburse you for the “stupidity” if possible but what if it is something very serious? Example. Assault, robbery / burglary, or creepy things like, going through your personal things.

2. If someone followed the delivery person to your house, waited until the delivery person opened the door, sneaked in and hid somewhere while the delivery person was walking back and forth to unload the boxes, and waited until the delivery person left or better yet, said they were the owners relative / friend and stopping by to feed the dog, take out the trash, or what ever.

Yikes!

Hi Elizabeth,
Now that’s an interesting innovation from Amazon for sure. Amazon has previously innovated many products, but in terms of security of goods and services, this secure lock is definitely worth the money. This will ensure that the goods delivered are safe and are not stolen or opened.

This sounds great and if implemented properly by both Amazon and the customer, there are ways to mitigate the risks. Anyone with a security system such as Ring can see when Amazon made the delivery. The cloud cam is a good idea as it can track the delivery driver. I think as time progresses, they can modify it and it may become stronger in terms of deliveries.

You know it is really funny that this is a thing now. When Amazon came out with this I mentioned that this would be a huge vulnerability to a couple friends and lo and behold here we are. I do not understand how people thing that this is a good idea.

Elizabeth,
This is fantastic news. I think this is what is required from critical care services such as hospitals and especially mass businesses such as retail. Strengthening the PoS systems with chip cards and EMV are great examples as they do not store any data. It would be interesting to see how advancements in these areas take shape.