Over the past few days, I have watched the unfolding story involving the University of Alabama system and Hugh Culverhouse, a prominent donor. Culverhouse pledged to donate approximately $26 million dollars to the UA law school, which the UA system renamed in his honor. Since that time, Culverhouse and the UA system have had a… Continue reading Universities, donors, and undue influence
University blog about DNA testing concerns
Recently, I had the pleasure of talking with university public relations staff about concerns over consumer DNA testing, and related privacy and constitutional concerns. You can find the blog post at https://wise-ly.com/2019/05/02/d-n-nay/
Looking back on the City of Atlanta ransomware attack, a year later
One year ago today, word broke that the City of Atlanta had been hit by a ransomware attack. I won't bore you with the details, you can find them out on the Internet in lots of different places. As it dawned on me today that we were at a milestone of sorts, I asked myself… Continue reading Looking back on the City of Atlanta ransomware attack, a year later
Why I am against Georgia House Bill 316
Georgia HB 316 is bad legislation that should not be enacted into law.
2018 WISP presentation – SNS Use, Risk, and Executive Behavior
My research-in-progress submission on the risks organizations face from executives' use of their private social media sites (SNS) was selected for presentation at the 2018 Workshop on Information Security and Privacy (WISP).
