Computer
Oops – Todd just clicked on a link in his work email that he thought was from a trusted source, asking for him to reset his password. Todd doesn't know it yet, but he's just fallen victim to a phishing attack and now his entire organization could be…
As a monthly series of speaker spotlights, ASU’s Innov8  addresses new topics in the technology space that are imminently shaping the future. May’s installment was no different, as Adiraj Gupta, President of Impact Launchpad, shared his…
In a time when data security breaches, cookie workarounds and advertising browser tracking take place every day, how much trust do you have in organizations to keep your information safe online? Moreover, how much trust do you have in institutions,…
John Wolpert and Timothy Summers during Innov8
Editor's note: The image above was taken at March's Innov8 installment and features, from left to right: John Wolpert, Group Executive, Enterprise Mainnet Products and Technology of ConsenSys, and Timothy Summers, ASU Executive Director of Third…
Data Privacy
Ever walked past a surveillance camera in a public space and wondered just how private is your image and data that has been captured? During the January installment of Innov8: A Speaker Series, Dr. Dijiang Huang, Associate Professor of Computer…
Cryptocurrency
During the December installment of Innov8: A Speaker Series, seasoned software engineer and tech entrepreneur Igor Artamonov spoke about cryptocurrency in “Unbank Yourself: What Does It Mean to Be Crypto-Self-Banked?”
ASU UTO’s monthly speaker series, Innov8, always brings the cutting edge technical and social ideas from bright minds in their fields, and November’s installment was no exception.
Has the potential of blockchain been realized, or has the idea behind the technology garnered more hype than its actual application? That was the question defining October’s installment of Innov8: A Speaker Series with Jim Nasr, CEO of Acoer and…
Lights
On August 19, 2020, more than 50 participants gathered virtually to hear Aditya “Adi” Challa, AWS Solutions Architect with Amazon Web Services (AWS), carefully walk through how to build and automate a modern serverless data lake on AWS as part of…
While the topics differed, virtual summer sessions of ASU and UTO’s monthly speaker series, Innov8, were alike in that they looked forward to the broadening of communities and service to them. Whether the subject was smart cities or the value of IT…
The ever-evolving world of cybersecurity encompasses a multitude of threats and potential ways to respond to them. Navigating the newest methods, like “Zero Trust” architecture and automated threat detection and response, is a high priority for many…
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term encompassing an ever-growing number of devices that connect us to each other and the world. Smartphones, smart cars, smart fridges; the intelligence of previously limited items has been upped exponentially to…