Science & Technology
Science & Technology
Keep Moving Forward A team from UMass Amherst recently won a $5.5 million Accelerating Research Translation (ART) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support and expand faculty […]
Current Events As he talked with BusinessWest, Randy Ames gestured out the window of his tiny office to the traffic on Greenfield Street just a few dozen feet away. […]
Strengthening the Lines of Defense Peter Sherlock says the numbers certainly help tell the story. There are roughly 26,000 employed in Massachusetts today in what would be called the cybersecurity […]
Easy Targets While the technology used to prevent cybercrime has certainly become more sophisticated over the years, Paul Savas has two simple words when it comes to the human […]
Early Connections The Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council (EDC) and the UMass Amherst iCons program, under the umbrella of the iCons Industry Consortium, recently joined forces to provide UMass iCons […]
Creating Collisions While the pandemic was a time of upheaval in higher education, not all the changes that occurred were negative. Indeed, Gina Puc said colleges and universities have seen […]
Bridging the Divide Leaders from the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Economic Development and the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) at MassTech recently announced $14 million in new grants from the state’s […]
Rise of the Machines Twice a year, Tom Loper participates in a Cybersecurity Advisory Council meeting. The last one was … different. “I would say there was a sense […]
Layers of Protection By Mark Morris As the world increases its dependence on the internet for all kinds of transactions, keeping everything secure becomes a constant challenge. Cybersecurity experts […]
The World in Your Pocket It’s staggering how much accumulated knowledge is available with a few taps on a smartphone screen. Whether Apple or Android, countless apps are available […]
Guessing Game NordPass, a password manager that provides users with an encrypted password vault, recently released its annual report on the most commonly used — and, therefore, most easily […]
Defense Mechanism The numbers are staggering. According to Cybersecurity Ventures’ 2022 cybercrime report, the cost of cybercrime is predicted to hit $8 trillion in 2023 and will grow to […]
Defense Mechanism By now, Mary Kaselouskas says, the vast majority of people understand the importance of cybersecurity. “Everyone is fully aware of the threats out there, how people become […]
A New Gig ‘Ahead of schedule and under budget.’ Those are the words that any business owner or board of directors would love to hear regarding a specific project or […]
The Future Is Here It’s striking to think that many young professionals entering the workforce today have never known a world without high-tech devices, many designed to be used on […]
