We recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Arun Vishwanath from his office in Buffalo, New York and discuss some of the recent high-profile security breaches and some of the urgent cyber security threats faced by governments and businesses. Can you tell us about the Colonial Pipeline breach and how it could have been prevented? […]
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Dr. Arun Vishwanath, Buffalo, New York on the way forward for cybersecurity
Dr. Arun Vishwanath of Buffalo, New York, is a leading expert on the “human problem” of cybersecurity. His research focuses on why people become victims of social engineering attacks and how we can use this understanding to improve organizational and national resilience to cyber attacks and secure cyber space. In addition to investigating the weakest […]
BPS school familes & teacher data may have been breached
My on air interview with Eileen Buckley at WIVB- ABC: The Buffalo Public School District is dealing with the fallout from the March 12 ransomware attack. We’ve learned personal student, parent and teacher information has been breached. Letters arrived Friday and over the weekend to school families and teachers indicating that private information could have […]
The Colonial Ransomware attack could have been avoided
By now, we have all heard about last week’s Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack that caused a shutdown of the 5,500-mile pipeline responsible for carrying fuel from refineries along the Gulf Coast to New Jersey. After six days, the company announced the pipeline launched the restart of its operations Wednesday evening and that it’ll take several […]