This is post 2 of 7 in the series “Decision Management Systems” Poor Decisions Impacted by Bias in Software Development Organizational Culture Changes and Impacts on the Individual & Decision Making Using Data Analytics to Improve Heath Care Is Your Organization Using Evidence-Based Decision Making? Exploratory Data Analysis with Watson Analytics Simple Predictive Modeling with...
In the United States, a sizable amount of the overall federal budget is allocated to defense spending. The 2018 Defense Budget was signed into law on December 12, 2017, by President Trump, which authorized just under $700 billion in defense spending (Blankenstein, 2017). In contrast to just a few years ago where the fiscal year defense spending was set at $593 billion, the amount of money set...
The word Cybersecurity is thrown around so much these days it has almost become overused in many conversations. This is due to the vast number of topics associated with its meaning. So how can we define it better? Traditionally Cybersecurity has described as a process for securing information or assets owned by governments, organizations, and individual people. The term itself can be considered a...
This is post 6 of 14 in the series “Drupal 8 Activity Cards” This is the series for Drupal 8 Activity Cards Drupal 8 Configuration Management Paragraphs Module Building Configuration Forms Drupal 8 Migration The New Block System in Drupal 8 Services and Dependency Injection Cron Queuing in Drupal 8 Drupal 8 Plugin System Attaching JS and CSS Assets in Drupal 8 Configuring your Local...
Lately I’ve been carrying out some work involving the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). There is tons of information about FOIA on the web including on the official foia.gov website, however I decided to summarize the main points of this law in an easy to read / digestible format. This article is broken down into three main parts, a brief intro, the main areas covered in the law, and...
I recently migrated this site to Media Temple’s managed WordPress hosting plan. For a number of years I had been running a dedicated server through CoreNetworks, which I have been extremely happy with. More recently however I have come to realize I no longer have the need for dedicated server and began researching cheaper managed hosting alternatives, which brought me to Media Temple. Over...
In recent years news stories have highlighted the increasing rate of cybercriminal activity targeting both private organizations and government entities. Cases from mischievous amateur hackers managing to exploit basic vulnerabilities, to more advanced security breaches carried out by expert criminal hackers and cybercrime organizations overseas, have grabbed the attention of the media.
This is post 5 of 18 in the series “Human Aspects in Cybersecurity” Challenges Policy Makers face to Counter Cybercrime Cybercrime vs Traditional Crime Risks, Threats and Vulnerabilities Security Policies Cost and Challenges with E-Government Cultural Values and Moral Legitimacy One audit standard fits all? Mobile Security Will the Mandiant Report Raise Public Awareness? Ethical vs...
During his 2013 State of the Union address, President Obama highlighted the importance of defending our nation from the many cyber threats that are continuing to dominate the news cycles. Just days prior to the President’s speech, eighteen people were charged in a massive credit card fraud ring. The Associated Press (2013) described it as a “sprawling international scam that duped credit-rating...
Over the last decade, the boom of the Internet has had a major impact on the way we interact with other individuals and business entities. Products and services have become available at the touch of a button and access to vast amounts of information has become available to anyone with a direct connection to the web. Much correspondence, which was traditionally mailed through the...
With the popularity of social news, there have been many launches and premieres of new apps on the scene. One of the most popular and rising clone site’s is Mixx.com. Very similar to Digg, Mixx allows users to vote up the hottest articles and news based on categories ranging from world news, technology, science, and gaming.
So many inspirational sites have sprung up recently. The web is crawling with CSS galleries and logo galleries, but only a few really break the mold and stand out as the most creative, inspiring, and useful collections. LogoMoose makes it to the top of my list.
Finding good tutorials on web design and development can be tough these days. Although so many people have and use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and all of the creative suite, there are very few that know how to utilize the tools properly and create astounding designs.
The Internet has grown beyond a simple tool for a small number of education and government agencies over the last few years. The commercialization of the Internet has opened a brand new market for small, medium and large commercial bodies to provide access to this huge network of opportunity for business and home users alike. These companies are the sole providers of access to the ‘Information...
This is post 5 of 6 in the series “Evolution of Internet Service Providers” The Future of ISPs ITS Internet Case Study Security Issues to be Addressed by ISPs ISPs Currently in Today’s Changing Market Development of the Internet & Service Providers Evolution of ISPs Introduction The Internet was the result of some visionary people in the early 1960s who saw great potential value...
During the summer of 1997 I worked for a period of four months on a contract for a company called the Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) Northern Ireland. During this time I worked primarily within the Computing Department of the organization and our team was involved with all the Information Technology issues across the various offices. This paper will look at the two main areas of...
I am a software developer and online educator who likes to keep up with all the latest in technology. I also manage cloud infrastructure, continuous monitoring, DevOps processes, security, and continuous integration and deployment.