Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

So this is a city with a lot of secrets.  I'm not talking about just the run-of-the-mill, non-disclosure agreement (NDA). This i...

So here is one way that some people can (try to) manipulate you--positively or negatively.  They can help either to keep you "in th...

Well after the now notorious email scandal and other information security mishaps galore, this advertisement in Washington, DC is really q...

So a colleague at work was supposed to get something done.  Well it didn't happen, and someone else got left holding the bag--not re...

As so many of you app users know, Snapchat allows you to send texts, drawings, photos, and videos, but with privacy, knowing they will dis...

My friend's mother used to say to always make sure to wear clean underpants in case you end up at at the doctor or in the hospital.  ...

A SCIF can be yours...if the wallpaper is right. According to  PC Magazine , a SCIF (Sensitive Compartment Information Facility) is a ...

Information Security, like all security, needs to be managed on a risk management basis .   This is a fundamental principle that was...

I came across two very interesting and concerning studies on cloud computing--one from last year and the other from last month. Here...

So check this out-- H2Glow has an LED faucet light that it temperature sensitive and turns blue for cold water and red for hot . Wh...

The Information Management Framework (IMF ) provides a holistic view of the categories and components of effective information architecture....

There is an interesting interview in Government Executive, 18 May 2009, with Robert Kahn, one of the founders of the Internet. In this i...

Recently, I was interviewed on the subject of Security Architecture and was given permission to share the Q&A: In general, what kinds of...

Internet Protocol version 6 ( IPv6 ) is a network layer for packet-switched internetworks. It is designated as the successor of IPv4, the c...

Information management is the key to any enterprise architecture. Information is the nexus between the business and technical component...

Here is an interesting list of 10 obstacles to the enterprise architecture from a colleague and friend, Andy Wasser, Associate Dean, Carnegi...

One of the perspectives of the enterprise architecture is Security. It details how we secure the business and technology of the organization...

We are in an information economy and now more than ever business needs information to conduct their functions, processes, activities, and ta...

Fire Sale ─“Matt Farrell (Justin Long), a character in the movie Live Free or Die Hard, used this term to describe the plot by Thomas Gabri...

Information security is generally considered a cross-cutting area of enterprise architecture. However, based on its importance to the over...