Riley Copeland | 9/27/26 The Human Factor in CybersecurityWhat the Human Factor Means Cybersecurity isn’t just firewalls and encryption. Most breaches start with a person, someone makes a mistake like clicking a link or trusts a call they shouldn’t have. This is the “human factor,” the idea that people are as much a part of…
The CIA Triad
Riley Copeland | September 5, 2026 The CIA Triad Almost everything in cybersecurity traces back to three goals: keep information private, keep itaccurate, and keep it reachable. Those three get shortened to the CIA Triad which stands forconfidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is a simple framework that’s been around since thelate 1990s because every organization…
SCADA Systems
Riley Copeland | 9/19/06SCADA Systems and the Security of Critical Infrastructure SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) systems let a small team monitorand control equipment spread over a large area, like a plant or city. Field sensors feed intodevices called RTUs and PLCs, which turn signals into digital data and handle most of theautomatic control….