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The following was published in Via Satellite: In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream Bob Gourley, Crucial Point Complexity is the enemy of cybersecurity. Complexity introduces risk in ways that are hard to predict. The more complex a system is, the easier it becomes for adversaries to attack, and the harder it becomes for […]

If you have a technology with a proven capability for enterprises you have probably already started thinking about how you should work with the big systems integrators that serve the federal market. You probably feel in your gut that partnering with them is the way to go. They absolutely need to be part of your […}

There comes a time for every growing high tech startup when you will be faced with the decision as to whether or not you should stand up a federal office. You will want to time this just right. If you do it too early, you will be wasting money. If you do it too late, […]

Crucial Point provides highly qualified, experienced Chief Technology Officer (CTO) or Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) leadership via a CTO-as-a-Service model. This puts our talent on your staff to manage and lead your technology partners, developers, engineers and IT support. We offer part-time, full-time, retained and hourly services. The result: you get top notch talent […]

Crucial Point has worked in securing the aerospace and defense industry since our foundation and continues to serve the community with architecture reviews, secure communications design and testing services. We have served as outsourced CISO and CTO for organizations and have led compliance activities designed to ensure firms can operate in ways the U.S. Intelligence […]

The Government Marketing University Conference Focuses On Federal Marketing What is there to GAIN 2018 you ask? This year’s agenda is forward-thinking, relevant and highly-interactive. We will also introduce the GAINer Awards to highlight the creative work done in the government industry. GAIN 2018 focuses on the latest hot topics that all government marketers are facing. GAINers […]

Cybersecurity pioneer Bob Gourley of Crucial Point is featured in the new book by Mike Tanji titled: Working in Cybersecurity: Life on the front lines, in the C-suite, and everywhere in-between. This book captures insights which will be of value to leaders seeking to improve their understanding of the complex dynamics underway in cyberspace today, […]

CTOvision.com, the award winning blog published by Crucial Point founder Bob Gourley, has just been named to a list of the top 20 AI and machine learning blogs to follow religiously. Quite an honor for us! Thank you to gengo.ai for the very kind words. The post CTOvision Named One of Best 20 AI and […}

About This Historic Event On December 10, 2018, Constellation Research will host a historic event with key Internet pioneers, the People-Centered Internet coalition, as well as the next generation of positive change agents. Titled “Our People-Centered Digital Future,” the event recognizes that by March 2019, 50% of the world will be connected to the Internet. […]

Crucial Point founder and CTO Bob Gourley figures prominently in a recent articulation of best practices and lessons learned for securing business produced by AT&T titled: Cybersecurity for Today’s Digital World. Software-defined networks (SDN), software-defined infrastructures (SDI), and cloudadoption have accelerated an already fast-moving trend: the digitizing of modern business. New technologies give businesses tools and […}

Crucial Point founder Bob Gourley was cited in a post by Kimberly Dozier in the Daily Beast titled “Spooks: We Tried to Warn Trump About His Phone” From the report: President Donald Trump communicates to America directly, with tweets from the iPhones that don’t leave his side. And China is likely listening in. “We briefed […]

Cyberscoop’s Sean Lyngaas provided insightful context on a dialog occurring via Twitter regarding former NSA director Mike Rogers in a post titled “Ex-NSA employees criticize Mike Rogers’ role with Israeli venture firm” The summary reads in part: Some former National Security Agency officials have strongly criticized ex-NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers’ decision to join the advisory board of a […]

Crucial Point founder and CTO Bob Gourley provided insights on the future of technology at an event coordinated by the Tysons Corner Regional Chamber of Commerce designed to help accelerate the future of the region. The event, titled Tysons 2050, brought together area business leaders and technologists to share insights and bring clarity to the […]

We capture lessons we learn in helping clients continually improve their cybersecurity posture. We also track adversary behaviors on a daily basis at ThreatBrief.com and capture lessons learned and shared from across the community. We maintain a succinct list of these best practices for your reference. Find them at The Crucial Point Guide to Cybersecurity […]

Crucial Point founder and CTO Bob Gourley was featured in Nordic IT Security. In a post capturing insights from Gourley and former CIA CTO Bob Flores titled: Lack of education about IT security harms us the most, Gourley provided insights on a wide range of enterprise security topics: Since the financial threat of the cyber attacks […]

Crucial Point founder Bob Gourley wsa featured by Bricata in their cybersecurity expert series. From Cybersecurity Executive Bob Gourley on Trends, Due Diligence, and the Software Defined Perimeter: When it comes to sharing knowledge about cybersecurity, Bob Gourley may well rank among the most prolific. His publication, the Threat Brief, is a must-read daily and he also publishes CTOvison.com, […]

Federal News Radio featured three of the DC region’s widely known enterprise technologists, Bob Bigman, Bob Flores and Bob Gourley, in the Jonathan Aberman radio show and podcast “What’s Working in Washington”. From the transcript: The cybersecurity industry continues to boom in the D.C. region, thanks in part to its proximity to the federal government, […]

Russia’s Alternate Internet Russia says it’s creating its own internet infrastructure for security reasons — but it has some experts worried. For more see: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/07/russia-dns-alternative-internet-could-yield-cyberattack.html   The post Crucial Point Provides Context To New York Magazine appeared first on Crucial Point LLC.

No company board can afford to ignore cybersecurity. The answer to the question of how to achieve digital security is far from definitively answered, but, at a roundtable of CEOs and CTOs at Iron Mountain Data Center in Manassas, Virginia, some broad guiding principles could be discerned. Moderated by Terrence Mills, CEO of Moonshot North […]

Crucial Point founder and CTO Bob Gourley provided context for a NY Magazine Intelligencer article titled “Russia DNS Alternative Internet Could Yield Cyberattack” Russia has nearly completed an alternative to the Domain Name System — the common “phone book” of the internet that translates numerical IP addresses to readable text like “Amazon.com”