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WIRED, January 8, 2021
IN THE AFTERMATH of destructive riots that trashed the United States Capitol on Wednesday, the nation is grappling with questions about the stability and trajectory of US democracy. But inside the Capitol building itself, the congressional support staff is dealing with more immediate logistics, like cleanup and repairs. A crucial part of that: the process of securing the offices and digital systems after hundreds of people had unprecedented access to them.

Channel Futures, January 7, 2021
Kevin Coleman is executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance. He said Capitol rioters stole U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley’s laptop. And any rioters ransacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office could have seen or accessed sensitive information.

Data Center Knowledge , December 17, 2020
On Sunday, we learned that federal agencies and other organizations had been penetrated by nation-state attackers, identified as Russian by multiple sources.
Though the definitive attribution for the attacks won't come for a while, we do know how the attack occurred.

SDxCentral, December 16, 2020
As many as 18,000 SolarWinds customers installed the company’s Orion software updates containing malicious code likely inserted by Russian nation-state hackers, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday.
The SolarWinds attack may have also hit Microsoft customers. In its SEC filing, SolarWinds said the hackers compromised its Office 365 email and office productivity accounts.

TechTarget, December 16, 2020
Cybersecurity training programs play a crucial role in keeping employees informed about the changing threat landscape and about their personal role in protecting the organization and its stakeholders. Unfortunately, these programs often suffer from a lack of attention, resulting in dull and potentially outdated content that doesn't effectively engage employees and, therefore, fails to achieve its cybersecurity objectives.

SC Mag, December 15, 2020
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Treasury Department and FireEye are among the most prominent victims affected by the supply chain attack on SolarWinds network monitoring software. But these data breaches are just scratching the surface of one of the most significant foreign hacking incidents in history – one that will have long-lasting repercussions.

The Hill, December 2, 2020
Older adults have faced a barrage of online scams during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the upcoming holiday season and increased consumer spending likely to intensify the problem.

Faith Health & Home, November 23, 2020
On this episode, I am joined by Kelvin Coleman, Executive Director of the National Cyber Security Alliance with tips and resources to keep you and your family safe and secure online.
National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a collaborative effort between government and industry held every October to ensure every American has the resources they need for securing our digital lives as our devices continue to become more connected.

Digital Trends, November 23, 2020
Kelvin Coleman, the executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), believes GPC’s legal buffers will help it legitimize its goals, as opposed to “Do Not Track” which was “rolled out in a vacuum.”
“With CCPA and GDPR existing as legal precedents, companies are forced to navigate a minefield of compliance issues and heavy fines if they’re not careful about how they handle user data. This creates more incentive to accept GPC in the long run,” Coleman said.

HealthcareInfoSecurity, November 13, 2020
Kelvin Coleman, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance, sizes up the possible motivations behind the APT attacks.
"The attacks on vaccine research aren't necessarily designed to cause harm as much they are to facilitate data theft," he notes. "If these groups were operating in a way meant to cause destruction to our healthcare infrastructures - like Sandworm did with the NotPetya attack in 2017 against banks, manufacturers and pharma companies - that'd be a different story."