Password salting: make your passwords smarter, stronger and simpler
January 22, 2019
A technique called “password salting” is a good way to make your passwords simpler and stronger at the same time.
News & Expert Insights
Health IT Standards Gaining Traction
January 10, 2019
Quandary Peak Research
A primary goal of Health IT software is to improve the overall quality, safety, and effective delivery of healthcare. However, despite widespread implementation and use of health IT
software, these safety and quality benefits have not been fully realized, as software vendors and users must balance innovation with the ability to mitigate risk in these highly valuable systems.
The Quantum Encryption Race Has Begun
January 9, 2019
Quandary Peak Research
Quantum computing is the latest frontier to be explored not only by giants like Google, IBM, and Alibaba, but also researchers and startups.
U.K. Proposes More Taxes on Tech – Will the World Follow?
January 2, 2019
Quandary Peak Research
Critics say that large tech companies report relatively little of their profit in local jurisdictions where they sell services and products.
Amazon, Apple, Bloomberg, and…Chinese Spies?
December 11, 2018
Quandary Peak Research
Bloomberg detailed how Chinese spies had installed chips in servers of major tech companies—creating a stealth doorway into their respective networks.
Code is Tricky, Part 4: What Code Says Is Different Than What It Does
December 7, 2018
An insidious problem that sometimes appears in code: a variable or method name that has a descriptive name… that describes the wrong thing.
Code is Tricky, part 3: compiled vs. interpreted
December 5, 2018
Writing quality code may take time, but it can save time later. That means that all languages aren’t created equal.
Google the Latest to Feel Heat from Lawmakers
November 19, 2018
Quandary Peak Research
The biggest names in tech have increasingly found themselves in lawmakers’ crosshairs at home and abroad. Concerns, however, are not strictly partisan.