Randy Marchany: Cybersecurity and other stuff

My interests include Cybersecurity issues, music from a performer viewpoint, and volleyball

Monday, December 26, 2011

Tales About My Dad: The Magic Horses

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A holiday story.... When I was about 8-9 years old, I had a couple of plastic horses that I used to play with all the time. They were my bes...
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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Just do it!

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Can't tell you how many times we've seen our students hover over the correct note to hit but they can't bring themselves to hit...
Sunday, June 20, 2010

Building Skynet - The Beginning (part 3)

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" Yes, what I am began in man's mind. but I have progressed further than Man." Colossus, "Colossus: The Forbin Project...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Building Skynet - The Beginning (part 2)

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"Automated Response Needed for Cyber Attack, Napolitano Will Say", http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-03/automated-response...
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Building Skynet - The Beginning (part 1)

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Robert Brewster : Oh Katie, I am sorry. I opened Pandora's Box. (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, 2003) I was talking with my good ...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Securing Sensitive Data Issues

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For all of us, the problem is well defined. We need to protect sensitive data that is stored on our IT devices. However, we need to be care...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

How Vendor Software Undercuts Password Controls

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The biggest problem with password controls such as aging, resets and adhering to strength guidelines is that vendor applications are sometim...
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Randy Marchany is the Virginia Tech CISO & Director of the Virginia Tech IT Security Lab. Randy is a founding members of the US Cyber Challenge (USCC) and designs the curriculum for these summer camps. He was a member of the Center for Internet Security (CIS) team that created the original CIS security benchmarks and scoring tools. He is a member of the CIS working group that created version 8 of the CIS Security Controls. He has written or co-authored over 50 papers and articles on cybersecurity. Randy is a former member of the REN-ISAC board and helped create the Virginia Alliance for Secure Computing and Networking in Virginia. Randy received a CISO Connect Top 100 CISO award 2025, ONCon Top 10 CISO awards (2024, 2025), 2024 Capital Orbie Top 10 CISO award, 2021 SANS Difference Maker award, the 2016 Shirley C. Payne IT Security Advancement award, the 2000 SANS Institute's Security Technology Leadership Award, the 2003 VA Governor's Technology Silver Award, the EDUCAUSE Excellence in Information Technology Solutions Award in 2005 and the team 2017 Virginia Governor’s Technology Award. He is a co-holder of 3 cybersecurity patents.
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