Imagine yourself as a financial executive at a multinational, Fortune-500 company. A new CEO has just started this month and sent you an email with instructions to transfer a payment to a new vendor in China. Without a close inspection, the request seems routine: a message arrives from the company email address, the form is...
The first appearance of the written word dates back to Babylon 3000 BC. Actually, it wasn’t a letter, diary or novel, it was a ledger. Farmers were creating a document counting their livestock and agricultural products. An accurate ledger of assets was absolutely essential to conduct even primitive commerce. However useful a single-entry ledger had...
A number of years ago I volunteered at a large Boston non-profit organization. As the lead architect of a financial services firm, I was able to provide them with technological solutions to a number of their challenges. I was informed that they fell victim to a phishing attack. Their breach was typical in so many...
Buying a home can be one of the most exciting times in a person’s life, but it can also be one of the most stressful. Fast moving homes in hot markets make the process feel like one misstep could make you miss out on the home you’ve spent months searching for. Even worse, falling for...