Historically, National Security has always involved the most cutting edge of technology. As the world moves back into a RealPolitik posture with nations competing for power of a global scale, how we go to war is changing again. The newest arms race is in the application of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics on the battlefield. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz talkswith cybersecurity students Jaylen Mills and Rae’Vaugn Fowler about how militaries, intelligence communities, and law enforcement are employing these emerging technologies ..read more

George Orwell imagined it in 1984. Star Trek imagined it with the Borg, when they promised that we would all be assimilated. The Internet of Things, or IoT in industry jargon, is no longer the stuff of science fiction, but rather the stuff of science fact, and it is disrupting everything. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz hands off the microphone to York College of Pennsylvania cybersecurity management student Will Galasso, who interviews Ian Panulla, a software architect and CTO about how IoT is changing the way we experience the world ..read more

Social engineering is a behavior as old as humankind, though the terminology is traced back to Dutch industrialist J.C. VanMarken in 1894. Van Marken believed that the world needed people who could handle social (human) problems, in much the same way that engineers handled mechanical problems. Today social engineering is understood to be behaviors and methods used by hackers and other bad actors to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to access money, property, or information, often involving impersonation of those who are known to us. Just as people are finally beginning to underst ..read more

Most textbooks are pretty dry. They lay out a lot of facts, but they are rarely engaging. When beginning the project to develop a textbook for the CYB 100 Infowars class, one student suggested that the book should try to re-create the classroom experience students have at York College. In order to do that, students were included at all phases of the development process, and one student in particular collaborated on the development of the book by creating all the visual content. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz talks with her collaborator and student, Natilie McCallick, a senior cybe ..read more

There has been a significant increase in maritime traffic in the last few decades as supply chains become more and more robust. With more targets of opportunity, there has been a parallel rise in piracy around the world. GPS has been an important technology to impact maritime navigation, but emerging technologies are not just facilitating better maritime travel, they are aiding piracy with capabilities like GPS spoofing. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz is joined by York College of Pennsylvania student Alex Kemble, a cybersecurity major and ship technician, as they discuss the impac ..read more

Boundaries come in many forms. They can be physical, verbal, psychological, emotional, virtual, and machine generated. Boundaries can be the subject of nation state conflict. They can be something you discuss while lying on your therapists couch. Boundaries come into play when we talk about establishing “work-life balance.” Since the launch of the Internet, boundaries have been changing, and Artificial Intelligence is continuing to push our proverbial boundaries. On this episode of WMD, I am joined once again by the author of the Polymathic Being Blog and recently published book Paradox: Book ..read more

One of the best parts of being a college professor is seeing students grow from recent high school graduates into young professionals. Students in the cybersecurity management program at the York College of Pennsylvania are required to complete a research project into a cybersecurity related topic of their choice. The students choose really interesting topics including the ethics of technologies, data privacy, the Dark Web, cyber risk, and just about anything you can imagine. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz hands over the WMD microphone to York College of Pennsylvania cybersecurity ..read more

Who owns your face? What about your voice? Or your natural body movements Have you ever thought about what makes you uniquely you? The recent actors’ and writers’ strikes brought the potential impacts of AI to public attention, and the actors’ guild was particularly concerned about deepfakes because an actors, voice, appearance, and body movements are part of their proprietary brand, and every time they work, what used to be their personal property is captured on film as data. The very same data that can be used to create deepfakes. If we as humans can’t “own” what makes us uniquely who we are ..read more

Each week millions of people tune in to watch as two teams of eleven players each face one another across the gridiron in a test of physical strength, speed, and agility. Just for the love of the game. Other than live-streaming the games, what roles could cybersecurity possibly play in such a physical contest?  You might be surprised! I'll be talking with two of my cybersecurity management students here at York College of Pennsylvania., Drew Thomas, and Carter, to explore the many ways technology and data are changing the NFL. From communication, to safety, to performance analytics ..read more

It's time for a new season of WMD! Listen in as we explore the impact of technology, social change, and disruption ..read more