Posts By Bob Gourley

Make The Most of CTOvision and CTOlabs

By Bob Gourley We have just optimized our software and cloud infrastructure at CTOvision and at our research site CTOlabs. The sites will now load even faster, thanks to the new 4GB of RAM on our dedicated virtual server at Media Temple. Here are some other features optimized in recent designs: Our Podcasts are nowRead… Read more »

Create Your Own Robofish!

By Bob Gourley This fun video shows you what you can make with a simple Arduino kit and some common insulating material. It really gets you thinking, just what can we do with these robofish? Patrol our borders or just sit in a fish tank at home for the kids to enjoy. Original post

Register for the 2013 FOSE Conference

By Ryan Kamauff FOSE’s all-encompassing government technology conference will equip you with real-world tools, tactics and strategies via technology trailblazers who’ve been there, done that. From lessons learned to kudos earned, expect to gain rhetoric-free technology insights, policy updates and expert guidance you can use to optimize your IT program’s efficiency and effectiveness. If youRead… Read more »

SEI Unveils their findings in the Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft Project

By Ryan Kamauff The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has recently released their summary of key findings on their Cyber Intelligence Tradecraft Project (CITP). Last year, six government agencies partnered with twenty academic and industry organizations to determine best practices in cyber intelligence tradecraft. This study has found that organizations useRead… Read more »

Fixmo Puts Mobile Security, Data Security and Privacy into the Hands of Users – Literally

By Ryan Kamauff Fixmo, a provider of mobile security and data protection solutions, is putting mobile security into the hands of users — literally. Fixmo SafeWatch, now in beta testing, is a personal mobile security product to help consumers and business users protect their personal information and ensure privacy for their Android mobile devices. Fixmo,Read… Read more »

Open source cloud offers another route to better security, Fearmongers miss the point on mobile security and more

By Ryan Kamauff Here are top cyber news and stories of the day. White paper: NIST conducts proof of concept on trusted geolocation in the cloud – A group of NIST scientists working with Intel, VMWare and RSA Archer have created of proof of concept for trusted geolocation in the cloud. This allows managers toRead… Read more »

World’s Top3 Humanoid Robots – Asimo vs HPR-4 vs NAO!

By Bob Gourley This is a video of the world’s top humanoid robots, including Asimo, HPR-4 and NAO! We thought you would want to check this out, these are all progressing so very fast, and soon will be impacting our environment in ways we should all be trying to understand Original post

Data rationalizing vs Data Consolidation

By ChrisScott Consolidating data centers has always made sense. Having the data securely tucked away into well-managed data centers has got to improve performance and even cyber security. It will also require fewer of those really smart, well-trained (expensive) system administrators to keep things straight. And if done right, it should save on energy costsRead… Read more »

Organizations using web crawlers, DARPA will no longer support CFT, VMware’s Horizon Mirage 4.0

By Marcus Williams More Cyber News we are tracking: Several organizations around the country have been collecting and selling PII, DARPA will no longer support CFT, VMware’s Horizon Mirage 4.0, and more Who’s keeping track of Who? After reading this article it made me reconsider how I shop or pay bills online. Several organizations aroundRead… Read more »