Kansas City

I read an interesting article about Kansas City, MO and how they were audited to show weaknesses in their cyber security protection. Nineteen different departments were audited. Apparently they have access to your birthday, social security, bank account information, medical information and credit card numbers. The weaknesses weren't disclosed in the article I read but apparently some departments may have information that you wouldn't expect them to have but he didn't go into much detail. A great thing came from this audit, they have are making an incident response plan for what to do if any departments and any information is breached. I wonder how many cities have a plan like this in place and how many NEED to be audited. It's very easy to get information, especially if a certain seemingly unknown department has critical information that could be easily accessed. This should be FIRST priority when a city starts taking money and information from it's residents.

Kansas City Audit

ADORABLE!

I want to step back from the political side of technology and into the adorable side for a moment. I read an article on CNN.com that a company called Mimo, is producing something that new parents and seasoned parents alike can benefit from. For a measly $200, you get three onesies with sensors with bluetooth capability. You can set alerts to track when baby rolls over, wakes up, etc. Over time it can tell you if you're feeding your baby too far away from bedtime or if you're putting your baby to sleep too late. Is this the new age of parenting? Tell me what you think!

Baby Monitoring

The Future Defense in Cyber Security

I watched an amazing video this week about the future warriors of cyber security. They've added Cyber Security to the curriculum of one high school in Huntsville, Alabama. I think this is an AMAZING idea for a couple reasons. One, starting kids as young as possible into where the future is headed and ensuring they will always have a job. Two, these are the real life experiences high school should offer, instead of math you will never use. Taken straight from one of the students, "It's easy to attack but difficult to defend." Take a look at the video and let me know what you think!