[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output]On 18 February, CEO Prevendra, Christopher Burgess had the pleasure to present at the Seattle Technical Forum conclave, one of five, presenting on a topic within cyber security. His topic, drawn from the offerings of Prevendra’s Two-Day Knowledge Share... Read More

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][text_output]On February 13, 2015, US President Barack Obama signed “Executive Order — Promoting Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing,” at the conclusion of his speech at Stanford University which hosted theWhite House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection. The Executive... Read More

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In the December 2013/January 2014 issue of Homeland Security Today magazine, “No Vacancy – The daunting challenge of hotel security” discusses hotel security from the hotel’s perspective as well as that of those who might be lodging with the hotels.  The author,... Read More

Critics say the NGO's Corruption Perceptions Index conveys an 'elite bias' and doesn't show evidence of actual corruption... Read More

Data breach at the University of Washington – October 2013 In early October 2013 a University of Washington Medicine (UW Medicine) employee opened an email attachment and in doing so launched a piece of malicious software (aka *malware*). The employee’s... Read More

Transparency! ——————————- Transparency is important.  It allows you: our readers, clients and potential clients complete visibility and understanding of how Prevendra will conduct business. We do connect to other sites through which commerce is conducted.  Amazon for example, where we... Read More

China hit by ‘Largest ever’ hack attack – (August 26, 2013):  Large parts of China’s Internet went dark this past weekend as the country came under what the Beijing government is calling the “largest ever” hack attack on Chinese sites.... Read More

Prevendra’s Christopher Burgess posted a piece on China in the Huffington Post – China’s Military – Here we are!, which noted how the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been eating the West’s intellectual property lunch for the past 25+... Read More

I recently crafted a piece for Huffington Post, What’s a data breach, in which I defined the vagaries of the different types of causes of a data breach.  While I list the different types, I welcome opinion on others, and... Read More

Power Cyber-Attack Slows Internet – (March 27, 2013) “:  What some are calling the biggest cyber-attack ever is reportedly slowing down Internet connections around the world. At the root of the problem is an apparent dispute between two organizations —... Read More

For U.S. Defense Contractors, the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM) is the bible of process, procedure and how things are accomplished for every contractor.  Additionally, every cleared employee must be provided security training.  And you the contractor or... Read More

Prevendra’s Privacy Policy —————————————————— At Prevendra your information is your information, when you share it with us, it remains your information. We will use the information for the stated purpose, and we will ask you if you would like us... Read More

US Cyber Command to Take Offensive – (March 15, 2013) “The U.S. Department of Defense has made a rare acknowledgement that it is developing offensive cyber capabilities. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee this past week, Gen. Keith... Read More

Hacking: Not Just China  – (February 21, 2013) “Computer hacking by the Chinese has been causing a stir in recent weeks, but experts warn that focusing too much on Beijing could open the door to cyber spies from other countries... Read More