It looks like the Kansas board of regents really doesn’t understand academic freedom and freedom of speech Impairs discipline by superiors or harmony among co-workers, has a detrimental impact on close working relationships, impedes the performance of the speaker’s official…
2013 Rides (where did Sam go by motorcycle this year)
I have a couple short rides planned as the year winds down. I guess the question would be where did Sam not go by motorcycle this year. A couple of segments are missing but in general this gives you a…
Christmas Letter 2013
Friends, family, and colleagues; The Liles family has had a wonderfully blessed year. We are a lucky family now living in West Lafayette, Indiana. The year has been filled with some challenges, some tribulations, lots of laughter, a few tears,…
Research note: Cyber defense of tactical networks
Why this word cyber? There are dozens of government definitions for cyberspace the environment defined by the concept of cyber itself. Such a nebulous concept such as cyber is going to cause angst and at any major hacker conference and…
Motorcycle Monday
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On the equivalence of corporate and government snooping
I’m going to disagree with the espoused equivalence of government snooping and corporate snooping. The former is enabled by the latter but that is still conflation of the two issues. A consumer opts in when they utilize a service, asks…
Invisible attacks: Maritime shipping critical infrastructure attacks
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Cyber Monday Safe Shopping Tips
The last few years I’ve gotten asked by the media to talk about this. Here are my notes on best practices for staying safe shopping online over the holidays. I welcome ideas. Remember this is for “joe average user” and…
Purdue team takes home top honors in DC3 challenge
I would like to congratulate four CIT graduate students in their win of the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) cyber forensics challenge. Team “Or11–” came together and was composed of these four students. William Ellis Jacob Kambic Eric Katz Sydney…
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Research note: A new way to think about insider threats
We talk about motivation often when thinking about the insider threat to information assets. The concept of a turn cloak, spy, or trusted individual turning against the interests of an organization has always been a risk. We vilify, and in…
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Social Media: Benefit and costs
I have been flirting on and off with social media for quite some time. Between this blog in the various versions of the years, and traditional post dot bomb incarnations of social media I have had a varying presence. Currently…