Kelly Paletta

Should the Princess Have Trusted Artificial Intelligence? From a Chief Information Officer's perspective, “Star Wars” is simply the story of a massive data breach. Stolen electronic files were entrusted to artificial intelligence. AI then leaked the most sensitive secrets in the galaxy to a teenage moisture farmer with a side hustle in droid repair. Two […]

EXP Techincal invited Annie Searle, "The Risk Detective," to discuss emerging cyber threats in the post-corona era. The conversation was fascinating! Professor Searle integrated lessons learned in the 2008 financial crises to emerging contemporary threats outlined in news articles published the day of our discussion. We covered a wide range of topics including: Click on […]

Emerging Cyber Threats in the "Post Corona" EraGuest Speaker: Annie Searle, Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus, UW Information SchoolThursday, September 21st  Noon - 1:00 PM Pacific Time Summary: Emerging Cyber Threats in the "Post Corona" Era Annie Searle, "The Risk Detective," joins EXP Technical for a fascinating discussion. She will speak about emerging cyber threats, vulnerabilities, […]

Forecast and Manage Your Technology Budget  IT budgeting can feel overwhelming. It's hard to know where to begin. Even seasoned experts struggle with categorizing and tracking technology spend. That's why we are sharing a free technology budgeting spreadsheet. With this spreadsheet you can forecast technology costs far in advance—making IT spending more predictable and more […]

This week in the other Washington, the White House released the National Cybersecurity Strategy Implementation Plan. You may be wondering: Here is what business leaders in the Pacific Northwest need to know. Background on the National Cybersecurity Strategy In March of 2023, the White House released the National Cybersecurity Strategy This strategy heralded two fundamental […]

Free Webinar: Human Factors in Cybersecurity: Exploring the Effectiveness and Ethics of Fear, Shame, and Regret in Encouraging Cybersecure BehaviorGuest Speaker: Dr Marc DupuisThursday, April 27th Noon - 1:00 PM Pacific Time Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LaDwXxw9S66VESg7sjkX5Q Summary: Join EXP Technical and cybersecurity researcher Dr. Marc Dupuis in exploring human factors including the use of fear, shame, […]

EXP CEO, Tony Lesirge, and Director of Sales and Marketing, Kelly Paletta are visible in the community! The pair were guest speakers at Society for Design Administration Seattle’s (SDA Seattle) February Virtual Business Practice Event. About SDA Seattle The Society for Design Administration (SDA) is a professional organization. SDA supports the careers of individuals involved […]

The 2023 FBI Cyber Threat Landscape free webinar has been approved by the Washington State Bar Association for one hour of credit towards Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (CLE) requirements.   The 2023 FBI Cyber Threat Landscape 2023 FBI Cyber Threat LandscapeDate: Thursday, February 2nd, 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM Pacific TimePresenter: Kevin Brennan, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI […]

In August 2022, LastPass, a popular password management service, suffered a breach. LastPass disclosed news of the breach on August 25th, 2022. On December 22nd, 2022, after further investigation, the LastPass Blog revealed more detail: “While no customer data was accessed during the August 2022 incident, some source code and technical information were stolen from […]

Rackspace, a popular “end-to-end multicloud technology services company,” is one of the most recent high-profile victims of cybercrime. There are many lessons we can learn from the Rackspace security incident. Ominous Beginnings The company initially reported: “On Friday, Dec 2, 2022, we became aware of an issue impacting our Hosted Exchange environment.” Hosted Exchange is […]