Mike Kiser

Today marks the first anniversary of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Europe’s data privacy regulation shook up the privacy world by delineating penalties for some of the strongest consumer protection laws of the last 20 years and inspired even stricter laws in other parts of the world. GDPR created a single breach-notification regulation for the entire EU with...

What kind of financial windfall would it take to put you into the 1% — to enable you to leave your job, climb aboard your yacht, and eat avocado toast for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? The answer to that question varies depending on your location: in India it would be a relatively paltry $81K per year, in France it would...

Great suffering always produces great art, with each master artist choosing her own medium. The powerful combination of pain and creativity finds its greatest expression in the form of a lament. Merriam-Webster defines a lamentation as “an expression of sorrow, mourning, or regret.” Around World Backup Day, you may read many pieces advocating the wisdom of securely backing up your...

The phrase, “probably worth a google” takes on a whole new shade of meaning as Mistaken Identity explores the fourth fine levied under GDPR. Google was fined $57 million for inadequate user consent by a French data privacy agency. Is this the “big one” that people have been waiting for to show that privacy regulation has the power to change...

It’s hard enough to separate the malicious actors from the valid users in today’s environments without also having to separate humans from the malware itself. Mistaken Identity’s David Lee and Mike Kiser explore the coming reality in which exploits are hard-coded into the DNA of humans. Also discussed – the Chrome browser helping with password hygiene, FaceTime showing call previews...

"Describe the next year in identity in one word.” David Lee and Mike Kiser take up this challenge as they forecast the coming twelve months. (Spoiler alert: the episode is 34 minutes long, so apparently there was more to say than a single term.) Headlines include: newspaper printing presses stopped by ransomware, how to see your neighbors’ security camera footage,...

It was not the first such event, nor will it be the last. At 11:41 p.m. on January 20, 2019, the bright Austin night slipped into shadow as the full moon took on a deep crimson hue. The total lunar eclipse lasted only 62 minutes, but its effect on the landscape was remarkable. In past centuries, this would be a...

By choosing wisely this season, you can not only get popular toys that your little ones will love, but you can also foster a security mindset in your children. The following toys are the top 2018 options that harness the power of play to ensure that the next generation is prepared for the world that awaits them. 1. Elephant Security...

This episode is all about thankfulness. David Lee and Mike Kiser recount their blessings and what the security community as a whole has to be thankful for during this (United States-centric) holiday. (It’s a rather long list.) Headlines include: bots booking cross-country flights, a cybersecurity czar who’s never used a computer, and the creation of “master” fingerprints that can unlock...

With apologies to Friday Night Lights, David Lee and Mike Kiser welcome back Darran Rolls, CTO and CISO of SailPoint, to discuss the central role that identity plays in implementing zero trust security models: to fully embrace zero trust, a comprehensive concept of identity is essential. Headlines include the well-orchestrated response by British Airways to a recent incident, the “view...