John Harris

For decades, it seems, public speaking was America’s biggest phobia. However, a recent study from Chapman University found that’s changed: Cyber-terrorism, corporate tracking of personal information, government tracking of personal information, identity theft and credit card fraud are now five of the top 10 fears held by Americans. Even a few of the other five fears tangentially relate to cybersecurity, with public speaking nowhere in the top 10. And those cybersecurity fears are sound, as is evidenced by the ninth annual Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon. The report also demonstrates that most breaches are not accomplished by accident. In…

One of the best ways to improve is to learn from others’ mistakes. The good news is, with cyber security, there’s no shortage of curriculum. Looking at the last year alone, we’ve seen devastating cyber security attacks and data breaches that affected millions of Americans. The healthcare industry, the federal government and one of the country’s largest financial service providers were targeted, illustrating that all companies that use a computer, cell phone, tablet or other digital device are at risk. So let’s put the pages of history to use and learn something from them, shall we? Healthcare Three cyber attacks…

In celebration of October’s designation as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, we are taking a closer look into the security of electronic signatures. To understand how connected we all are to our technology, we can simply look at how we spend the first few minutes of the day. A study from IDC Research found that 79 percent of Americans reach for their smartphone within 15 minutes of waking up. From shopping to making home videos to signing business contracts online with E-signatures—it seems you can do it all from a six-inch mobile device. But all this interconnectivity can leave us…