
The omnipresent surveillance state: Orwell’s 1984 is no longer fiction
Tread cautiously: the fiction of George Orwell has become an operation manual for the omnipresent, modern-day surveillance state.

Tread cautiously: the fiction of George Orwell has become an operation manual for the omnipresent, modern-day surveillance state.

Gov. Ralph Northam announced $2.51 million in funding in support of 41 Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) awards.

On the farm of the future, drones will fly over forests and crops to communicate with robots embedded in harvesting equipment on the ground.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) wrote today to the CEO of Quest Diagnostics, asking for information on the company’s supply chain management and cybersecurity practices.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors approved a $1.66 billion university budget for the 2019-2020 fiscal year at its meeting in Blacksburg today.

Virginia Tech’s Hume Center for National Security and Technology has announced the inaugural cohort of a new fellows program.

Hackers around the world are trying non-stop to steal confidential information and commit identity theft. Or if that is too much effort, they head to the dark web to sell compromised credentials.

Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine are concerned about a Trump administration proposal that would end congressional oversight into federal workforce policy and regulations.

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), along with Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), reintroduced legislation to hold credit reporting agencies accountable for data breaches involving sensitive consumer data.

If you run a business (no matter how small) you’re likely going to have some sort of IT infrastructure to help you process orders, run your website, or to simply send emails.
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