Last week, I posted about Fake Profiles on LinkedIn and how these profiles create personal cybersecurity risks. This lead me to the topic of cybersecurity and specifically IoT security. According to Forbes, “Worldwide spending on information security will reach $75 billion for 2015,” and “the global cybersecurity market is expected to be worth $170 billion by...
If you’re like me, you’ve probably received LinkedIn Invitations from people you don’t know. There are various reasons for accepting LinkedIn invites from strangers. I’ve even read articles about why we should accept LinkedIn invites from folks we don’t know. Example #1: Forbes, “Why I accept all LinkedIn Contact Requests,” by Dan Schwbel.Example #2: Inc....
On June 6, 2016, I had attended PLUGATL‘s $10,000 Pitch Competition featuring Shark Tank’s Daymond John. This event was held at Woodruff Arts Center in the Atlanta Symphony Hall. Prior to the event, over 100 entrepreneurs applied to be a part of the $10,000 pitch competition. The top 20 start-ups were announced, and the top 5 companies...
On April 26, 2016, I had the distinct honor of judging the Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo. Capstone Design is an undergraduate class offered at Georgia Tech offering hands-on experience in solving real-world problems. Students work in teams (some interdisciplinary) and have the choice to work on a corporate sponsored program or a project of their...