Cristina Patterson June 17, 2025 SCADA in Critical Infrastructure SCADA systems play a critical role in managing critical systems like wastewater management, power grids, wind farms, and gas pipelines.  These systems create visibility into data that may otherwise be too cumbersome to access in scenarios where the data needs to be interpreted quickly.  SCADA can…

Cristina Patterson June 8, 2025 The Risk and Reward of DNA Testing The medical benefits of direct-to-consumer DNA testing has promising medical benefits, the digitization of PII poses serious privacy and cybersecurity risks that behest of more stringent safeguards and deeper consumer awareness. Should We Digitize PII? Just because we have the ability to digitize…

Cristina PattersonJune 1, 2025Authenticating, Authorizing, and the CIA TriadThree key concepts form the CIA Triad; confidentiality, Integrity, and availability. The modelcreates a basic blueprint for information security within an organization and can help informationofficers in the development of security programs for the organization.Understanding the Importance of the CIA TriadThe CIA (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) triad…