9th Annual Scotch & Cigars @ RSA

We are again hosting the Scotch & Cigar party at RSA – Thursday, Feb 27 in San Francisco. This will be a great networking opportunity and educational event, co-sponsored by Netskope, Nullafi & Virsec, with wine from Tammy at CyAlliance. CISOs and cybersecurity leaders are welcome.… Read the rest

CornCon 2020 Announced

Docent Institute organizes CornCon, a premier regional cybersecurity conference and kids’ hacker camp.

More details, prices and registration will be announced in February 2020.

Please contact us for details on sponsorship!

Docent supports CornCon Five-0: QC Cybersecurity Conference

Davenport, Iowa September 5-6, 2019: Cybersecurity and privacy are on the minds of government officials, business leaders, educators and parents. In an age where everything can and will be connected to the Internet, we are faced with the opportunities that new connected technology brings and at the same time must deal with attacks coming fast and furious by our digital adversaries. … Read the rest

Can crypto buck historical currency trends?

[via MIT Technology Review]

In a new working paperfrom the National Bureau of Economics, economic historian Barry Eichengreen writes that throughout history there has been “a tendency for political jurisdictions and residence to converge on a single currency.” Besides a monopoly over the mint being a source of political power, it can also facilitate economic activity, he says, since there is no need to expend resources keeping track of the creditworthiness of every currency issuer.… Read the rest