Neil Y. Rushi

According to Wikipedia, buffer bloat is high latency in packet-switched networks caused by excess buffering of packets, cause jitter and reduce overall throughput. TCP has a role with buffer bloat because usually TCP will adjust itself and match the speed of the bandwidth unless the buffer is full then it will be backed up and packets will start…[Read more]

You’re absolutely right Ahmed – those who are in the company handling the cyber security roles should have access to the tools. I can only see a software developer have access to it if it was made in-house or a combo of on-shelf and in-house development. But if they had nothing to do with it, they shouldn’t touch it. Non-IT employees shouldn’t be…[Read more]

Well there are already certification tests that ethical hackers can take to become licensed but what Singapore is doing I think is valid except about the jail time and fines. They should have a registry and keep track who is licensed and who’s not but I do like this idea.

A pandemic such as the flu, chicken pox and smallpox is a threat to IT security because if a few personnel gets sick and a few key people are out can cause information systems to be unprotected if they are not monitored or maintained for a few days or weeks. Now smallpox happening is very rare but flu has a season and can strike any time, so…[Read more]

This is pretty scary since WPA2 is the wireless security currently in place for almost all Wi-Fi networks. I know at Verizon old routers still operate on WEP and they applied a firmware update to make sure they operate on WPA2 or we replace it. But to hear it has been cracked, make me a little paranoid about my info I send over the network and if…[Read more]

Jason you make some good points and with quantum computing, it can calculate algorithms way faster than computers now using binary. There’s an algorithm called Shor’s algorithm that can deem to break RSA because of how it can break calculations down to it’s prime numbers and it’s meant for quantum computing. But if a RSA value is very long say in…[Read more]

Exactly, google has managed to break into different parts of the technology sectors putting some heat on this rivalry. I think Google will maintain the lead going into the future unless there’s a hidden player we don’t know about.

What a scary security flaw – as a mobile user with different apps on the phone, I’m always weary about which one is accessing my personal info when it’s not in use. I’m glad Uber decided to investigate it and fix it before they were compromised. But now it makes one worried about what other apps are doing this.

Jason, I like what you said about Kerckhoff’s method and the other side to that is Kerckhoff’s principle is when keeping things secret, make sure it has low value or can be replaced. Secrets can be open because with cryptography if someone who’s evil gets it, they may not know what’s it’s for because keys can be randomized and changed with the…[Read more]

In a business, applications should be whitelisted if it’s absolutely required for the organization and if it can be set, set it to where only a few employees can use it on role-based or departmental needs. There are ways you can restrict applications without whitelisting or blacklisting them – imbed a credential manager. That way if an…[Read more]

If Equifax was hacked earlier this year and Deloitte was last year, why are we just hearing about this now? Just curious – are their standards of revealing when the period of a hack more strict or less strict and why? Food for thought

sorry posted more than once – website was giving me fits

That’s how I feel about Windows. I am a big user of Windows because I basically grew up using it and have used it throughout my jobs and school. I like it because it is simple but also there are so much that can be done in Windows that I haven’t explored yet. Many applications are compatible with the OS and even though people target it, there are…[Read more]