Blog 15

This chapter was about cryptography.

• Cryptography is the practice of concealing information used in electronic communication to protect passwords, secret keys, etc.
• A cipher/algorithm is a formula used to hide the meaning of a message. 
• The key is the variable in a cipher that is used to encrypt or decrypt a message.
• Symmetric encryption that transposes plain text to ciphertext in chunks is called a block cipher.

• The next section was about certificates.
• PKI creates pairs of public and private keys. 
• The next section was about encrypting files and whole hard drives.
• I learned about GPG and PGP

Article

The article I read about was the US Marshals Service. They had inmates information exposed. More than 387,000 former and current inmates had their information exposed. Information stolen was names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and home addresses.  They are doing numerous fixes to ensure this breach doesn't happen in the future. The hackers were not caught.

Blog 14

Cloud Computing and Internet of Things

Cloud Computing

• Content Security Policy gives subscribers security tokens and electronic credentials.
• Cloud Access Security Broker is software that sits between cloud service users and cloud applications to monitor activity and enforce security policies.
• LoadStorm is a cloud load testing solution to find the scalability of web or mobile applications.
• BlazeMeter is a continuous testing solution to help with early stages of app development.
• JMeter is an Apache project used as a load testing tool for analyzing and measuring performance of services.
• Nexpose is a vulnerability scanner.
• There are numerous threats to the Cloud. 

Internet of Things

•  Light Fidelity is a visible light communications system. It uses light bulbs to transfer data at high speeds.
• HaLow is Wi-Fi with extended range.
• LoRaWAN is a low-power wide area network for IOT devices.
• SigFox is a global network operator.
• NeulNET is a cloud-based solution that offers an end to end pipe.
• Very Small Aperture Terminal VSAT is a long range protocol that uses small dish antennas to transfer broadband and narrowband data.
• IoT system
• Devices
• Gateway
• Data Storage 
• Remote control

Article

The article I read was about a hack on the SBA online portal for disaster loan assistance for small businesses.  Financial information, insurance, citizenship, household size, and marital state were leaked. Names, addresses, birth dates, and social security numbers were also leaked. They have offered a year of credit monitoring for those effected. The hackers were not caught.

https://www.newsday.com/business/coronavirus/security-breach-sba-loan-1.44015549