TAP Into Technology Blog

What's the 2020 on Application Performance Management (APM)?

Cloud, firewalls, and even SDN are all some of the most well-known technologies currently in use. For the next part of our 2020 series, however, we're going to take a look under the hood at...

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The Current State of Hacking—And What to Expect in 2017

Surprise! 2016 is on pace to break records in terms of data breach volume—a feat that seems to be accomplished on an annual basis now. Through August 30, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has...

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Is Your Industrial Control System Secure? Probably Not

With attacks on critical infrastructure similar to last year’s Ukraine power grid hack on the rise according to recent reports, it’s easy to point blame at the stack of security solutions. We’ve...

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Mr. Robot Revisited - Season 2

Last year, I was one of the many viewers transfixed with Mr. Robot, USA networks' hybrid IT-science-thriller show. Both the realism of the character Elliot Anderson as coder/hacker/vigilante and the...

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Hijacking Healthcare: Is DTSec Regulation the Solution for IoT enabled devices?

The recent jump in cyber attacks against the healthcare industry—especially ransomware attacks—aren’t a coincidence. The reality is that the healthcare industry presents the perfect opportunity for...

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Hacking Education - The Next Soft Target

When you send your precious 5 year old off to Kindergarten this year, not only do you need to worry about bullying, drugs and homework, now add hacking their personal identifiable information (PII)...

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