Interview with
Tyler Jones
Ethical Hacker
Not every one of my subject matter experts can be interviewed. Their jobs would be on the line if they talked openly in public. Tyler Jones has no such restrictions at the moment. I hope you find this interview to be both interesting and informative.
Interview with
Walter McFarland
Financial Consultant
Walter McFarland is a tier one consultant in the financial sector. He is a former Vice president/Director of Business Intelligence, for Wells Fargo. Walt’s specialties include knowledge management, customer relations management, information and related technologies, process development and diversity in the workplace.
Interview with Walter McFarland conducted September 16, 2016.
Links to online resources
Global Conflict
http://www.quilliamfoundation.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salafi_jihadism
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g293934-Baku_Absheron_Region.html#photos
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24179084
http://srag.jsc.nasa.gov/spaceradiation/how/how.cfm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/isis-in-afghanistan/
http://www.hemingwaysbangkok.com/
http://www.csmonitor.com/1997/0616/061697.opin.opin.1.html
Business Insider article on ISIS funding
http://www.securityweek.com/indonesias-muslim-cyber-warriors-take
Wells Fargo fined $185 million, and fires over 5,300 staffers for insider scam
Check out this article by Doug Olenick, Online Editor for SC Magazine (September 08, 2016) Doug writes: “Acting in most cases without any authority from the account holders, Wells Fargo workers opened an estimated 1.5 million deposit accounts and applied for roughly 565,000 credit card accounts, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Once the accounts were opened […]
Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)
Felony count for being an IT idiot? Could happen
What if your employer could get you thrown in jail on felony charges for violating their internal IT policies and procedures? If a test case currently being heard in Texas leads to conviction and is upheld, that may be the case. An angry employee, frustrated apparently when fellow employees were laid off, deleted some backup […]
Even in Russia, the damage from cybercrime far outweighs the act.
(June 3) – TASS, Russian News Agency reports – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev estimates ‘Cybercrime global losses in banking sector (are) estimated at $500 billion rubles ($7.6 billion US).’ But TASS goes on to report that the “… ‘damage’ from (transnational) cybercrimes is closer to $3 trillion rubles or six times as high, this […]
South Korea, THAAD, and the China Problem
Will South Korea deploy THAAD – and if so, how will China respond? By Phillip Shrank – May 30, 2016 Photo at right, courtesy of US Missile Defense Agency The Diplomat has posted an article on the missile defense system being discussed for installation in South Korea. It is one of the many answers to North Korean aggressiveness […]