The intent of nearly every business entity, public or private, is to portray itself both internally and externally as a living caring entity you can trust. Ransomware can bring your business to its knees. It can put into question the core values, capabilities and intents of your entity by your current and future employees, customers, vendors, partners, competitors, stakeholders and... Continue Reading
Regionally organized clouds (ROCs) can be the answer to a series of problems public policy is currently struggling with. Global cloud companies, including Google, Amazon and Microsoft, provide valuable services. But societal concerns are being raised about the control of data and the concentration of power. A 21st-Century Marshall Plan for Cyber Defense READ MORE Ultimately, the... Continue Reading
In seeking to understand Egypt's unrest, it may be helpful to reach back into US history. My friend network wrote a comment about my last article on Egypt quoting de Tocqueville, stating that political Islam was incompatible with democracy. A more accurate description might be that fundamentalist religion of any type is antithetical to democracy. This is because democracy does not really... Continue Reading
