Guardians of the Web: the Evolution and Future of Website Information Security

Website information security has become a critical concern in the digital age. This article explores the evolution of website information security, examining its historical development, current practices, and future directions. The early beginnings from the 1960s to the 1980s laid the groundwork...

The First Password on the Internet

It was created in 1973 by Peter Kirstein: So from the beginning I put password protection on my gateway. This had been done in such a way that even if UK users telephoned directly into the communications computer provided by Darpa in UCL, they would require a password. In fact this was the first...

The VM Lifecycle: How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going

Written in collaboration with Joel Ashman The immutable truth that vulnerability management VM programs have long adhered to is that successful programs should follow a consistent lifecycle. This concept is simply a series of phases or steps that have a logical sequence and are repeated according...

As Internet turns 50, more risks and possibilities emerge

This op-ed originally appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle on October 28, 2019. We occupy a richly-connected world. On the Internet, we collapse distance and shift time. But this Internet that delivers mail, connects us with friends, lets us work anywhere, and shop from the palm of the hand, i...

Robert W. Taylor, Who Helped Create the Internet, Dies at 85

--- Image by New York Times The Internet just lost one of its most prominent innovators. Robert W Taylor, a computer scientist who was instrumental in creating the Internet as well as the modern personal computer, has died at the age of 85. Mr. Taylor, who is best known as the mastermind of ARPAn...

RIP Ray Tomlinson, The Creator of Email, Dies at 74

A computing legend who 'changed the way the world communicates' has died. RAY TOMLINSON, the man who invented email as we know it today and picked the @ symbol for email addresses, passed away at the age of 75 following an apparent heart attack Saturday morning, according to reports. Hard to...

Morris worm

Even before the Internet was “the Internet,” it was a breeding ground for worms that could spread between loosely protected and networked machines. One of the first of its kind, the now famous Morris worm, spread across the world over ARPANET, a progenitor to the modern Internet designed by what...