Sorting Out Which Cybersecurity Firms Will Do the Best Job
Los Angeles — His reputation scorched by Edward Snowden, the former director of the National Security Agency is heading a cybersecurity startup that aims to shortcircuit data leakers, cyber warriors, terrorists and thieves. Keith Alexander’s new company, IronNet, is just one of dozens, possibly hundreds, of cybersecurity startups, a group that over the last couple of years has attracted nearly $5 billion in investments. “It’s the new...
Think Like a Hacker: At the High-Stakes Junction of Humans and Computers, a Dartmouth Professor Asks the Right Questions
Sean Smith, the research director of the Institute for Security, Technology, and Society at Dartmouth College, likes to hold office hours at Umpleby’s Bakery in downtown Hanover. With unruly reddish-brown hair and a beard, Smith, who wears glasses, sits at a table, back to the wall, coffee mug in hand. He works on a slim Mac laptop plastered with stickers that proclaim his interest in mountain biking, skiing and The Devil Makes Three,...
Summer Camps Have Cyber Mission
Montpelier — At Vermont’s Norwich University, 20 high school students will build computers they’ll be able to take home. At Dakota State University in South Dakota, about 200 students will learn about programming. In Southern California, 250 middle school Girl Scouts will be given tiny computers, the chance to fly drones and earn special patches. And none of the children or their parents will have to pay a cent. The camps are part of...
