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In this podcast I examine some of the top cyber stories of the past week.There are many Apache websites unsecured, data breaches continue to cost the US more than any other nation and more. As well we delve into HHS's new Datapalooza initiatives and some neat Android sensors developed by DARPA. Track issues of high interest to the chief technology officer, chief information officer, chief information security officer and enterprise technology team. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast I examine some of the top cyber stories of the past week. The Chinese IP theft issues are still going strong, requiring comment from the President as well as leading some people down some pretty freaky paths. GSA has unveiled their government-wide MDM program which will be a big boost to mobile security in the federal space. As well, the Treasury Department is saving money on printing coins using data analytics (w00t w00t). CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast I interviewed Mauricio Renzi, Federal Solutions Architect at Silver Tail Systems. Silver Tail Systems is the leader in real-time web session intelligence and behavioral analysis to provide visibility into web traffic and protection from cybercrime, online fraud, and business logic abuse. Mauricio and I discussed Silver Tail's Web Session Intelligence and behavioral analysis capabilities. He described Silver Tail's approach as turning big data onto web behaviors to model actions and impacts. Mauricio also discussed how the real-time web data can help inform of, and prevent, DDoS attacks and other web assaults. Silver Tail has had many successes in the financial sector, and as the government transitions to a more web-centric architecture, such a technology will be even more important. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast I interviewed Anup Ghosh, CEO and Founder of Invincea. Invincea is a venture-backed software company that is bringing innovative security to companies through the Invincea breach prevention platform. Anup and I discussed Invincea and the breach protection software they offer. In short, "Invincea delivers the first and only virtualized browser, PDF reader, Office suite, .zip and .exe solutions that seamlessly run in their own virtual environments separate from the desktop operating system to protect users against all types of malware threats. Originally funded by DARPA to build a prototype virtualized web browsing solution, the patent-pending technology developed jointly with George Mason University’s Center for Secure Information Systems has been commercialized under Invincea and is now available to companies and governments to provide the strongest protection against the single largest threat they face: cyber breach." We talked about some of the capabilities of the Invincea platform, some successes and ways it can inform the active defense and more. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast Matt Devost, CEO of FusionX, joins us to discuss cybersecurity challenges and innovations in the pipeline. We talk about a variety of aspects, including; Script kiddies cracking passwords Outsourcing password cracking to the cloud A Change in Cybersecurity Thought Paradigm Advances in agile networking Big Data for network activity and behavioral normalization. You can keep tabs on Matt Devost at his website, here, or FusionX's website, here. The image that Matt discussed is available here. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast I discuss some of the weeks earlier cyber news, including some GSA conference cancellings, USAF changing the way they manage cyber workforce, DISA looking for PKI infrastructure services, Cyber Czar Mark Weatherford stepping down, security in the new GSIV and the BlackBerry Z10, as well as continued ICS honeypot attacks. It is the product of this week's cyber dailies (here and here). CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast I discuss some of the key new mobile news; that of the Galaxy SIV, the BLU devices that are about to hit the market and the rumored Google Babble device. If you have any thoughts on the GS4 or anything else, feel free to chime in in the comments. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast I discuss some of the weeks earlier cyber news, including some effects of sequestration, news on a proof of concept by NIST and some thoughts on mobile security. It is the product of yesterday's and today's cyber dailies. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In today's podcast Bob Gourley and I discuss the value of Mobile devices in the enterprise. We talk about using the Cloud to protect the enterprise and the data center, and architectural decisions surround cloud and mobile computing. Bob and I dip into wearable computing (I cannot wait, he is a little less excited), and talk about how it can (or will?) affect the future of mobile computing. Lastly, we discussed the issues that mobile devices have with creating content versus consuming it, and how they can be advanced to help support creation and enterprise tasks. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast I interview our own Bob Gourley to discuss Big Data. We talked about what Big Data is, how it is created and how to manage it. Also, we talked about some of Bob's favorite Big Data uses, where he'd like to see it (hint: DC Traffic), and some current uses of Big Data. Bob mentions the National Cancer Institute funded Frederick National Laboratory, winner of the 2012 CTOvision Government Big Data Solutions Award (more details here). CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast we discuss some of the impacts of sequestration, and dive a bit deeper into the impact that these cuts are having on federally focused conferences. We also discuss other ways that government professionals can keep learning about advanced technologies, like more use of webinars and online demos and the CTOlabs directory of disruptive technology.   CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.  

In this podcast we explore the topic of Cyber Threat Amnesia, the observed historical tendency of people in leadership positions in organizations to forget that they face a dynamic, changing threat that will always be there trying to find a way in. We also talk about ways that Cyber Threat Amnesia can be mitigated and perhaps one day cured. As always we appreciate your feedback. Do you have suggestions on ways to reduce Cyber Threat Amnesia  If so please contact us and help us solve this apparently never ending issue. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast we provide an update on the recent Chinese espionage stories including discussion of Mandiant's recent reports, and we talk about Jason Healey's well articulated opinions on what should be done about the threat.  We also provide other context on the technology news and analysis you will want to track. We also announce a new event, the 16-17 April HP Government Software Summit. We hope to see you there. Please stay in touch and let us know what other topics we should cover for you in these podcasts.   CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast we provide context on several upcoming technology events in the DC area and dive deep into the technology news impacting federal enterprise technologists. We also provide an admin note in response to your inputs. Our goals with this podcast series is to provide context for technologists on the go, and your input indicates you want more. Many have told us they want these podcasts to be longer, with more context (since many of you have longer commutes). Others have indicated a desire to hear more interviews and deeper dives into technology. We will work to address all those inputs. To provide us more feedback please contact us here.   Topics in this podcast include: The 25 Feb IBM Analyst Notebook event, the 7 March Data Center Brainstorm, the 7 March Government Big Data Forum and the 8 April DIA Mission Conference. For more info on these and others see: http://ctovision.com/cto-events/ Some recent "FUD" on military use of industrial control systems. The unfair treatment of Raytheon by some in the press.   CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast we offer assessments on two coming events of high interest, the 7 March Government Big Data Forum and the 8-10 April DIA Worldwide Mission Conference. We also offer context on these stories:  Important Observations on Pentagon IT from Arthur Herman and John Scott and Joint Information Environment – Increment II? This could soon be the hottest program in DoD IT.  CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast we review a great post by GSA's CIO on Big Data, we talk DoD budget issues and coalition matters.   CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.  

In today's podcast, I discuss some of the early mobile news of the week. Topics discussed include: Android 4.2.2 could roll out this month Google’s Big Potential Problem: The ‘Galaxy’ Brand is Starting to Beat the ‘Android’ Brand BlackBerry bribes — ah, rewards — app developers with a limited edition red Z10 Why I continue to jailbreak 200 Million Workers Want Windows 8 Tablets, Not iPads Rumor: Apple’s next iPad mini to pack 324ppi Retina display HTC Earnings Reveal New Foray Into Emerging Markets ASUS MeMo Pad is Official, Features Android 4.1 and 1024 x 600 Display ‘Evasi0n’ Arrives as First Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 5 and iOS 6.x You can find the full reports here and here.   CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In today's Podcast, I discuss BlackBerry 10, RIM's name change and the Z10 and Q10 BlackBerry smartphones. I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.

In this podcast, Bob and Ryan discuss some of the recent government and cyber news. OMB releases IT accessibility guidance German Activists Punch Out Big Brother’s Eyes Weatherford Outlines DHS Cybersecurity Goals DOE to invest $9 million in solar big data projects Navy delays NGEN decision to May US looks hard at China over cyber-espionage Data encryption adds twist to ransomware Balancing IT security at the Postal Service We hope you enjoy the show, please find the full posts on CTOvision.com, here and here. CTOvision Podcasts are available in iTunes and via our RSS feeds for listening in your favorite device. Please subscribe for content while on the go.  

Gartner projects that by 2016, 70 percent of leading BI vendors will have incorporated natural-language and spoken-word capabilities. This is consistent with things I have been learning from leaders in this space like Thetus, Cloudera and Datameer.  Here is more from their 24 January 2013 release on the topic: By 2016, 70 percent of leading BI vendors will have incorporated natural-language and spoken-word capabilities. BI/analytics vendors continue to be slow in providing language- and voice-enabled applications. In their rush to port their applications to mobile and tablet devices, BI vendors have tended to focus only on adapting their traditional BI point-and-click and drag-and-drop user interfaces to touch-based interfaces. Over the next few years, BI vendors are expected to start playing a quick game of catch-up with the virtual personal assistant market. Initially, BI vendors will enable basic voice commands for their standard interfaces, followed by natural language processing of spoken or text input into SQL queries. Ultimately, "personal analytic assistants" will emerge that understand user context, offer two-way dialogue, and (ideally) maintain a conversational thread."Many of these technologies can and will underpin these voice-enabled analytic capabilities, rather than BI vendors or enterprises themselves developing them outright," said Douglas Laney, research vice president at Gartner." Gartner provides more detailed analysis in their report titled "Predicts 2013: Business Intelligence and Analytics Need to Scale Up to Support Explosive Growth in Data Sources." The report is available on Gartner's website at http://www.gartner.com/resId=2269516. To track these trends closely be sure you have signed up for our CTOvision.com Daily.  You can also choose to select weekly editions of our reporting including the Government Big Data Weekly and the Analytical Tools Report.