Weapons of Mass Disruption

When ChatGPT came on the scene a few years ago, educators at all levels were not sure what it means to include AI as part of the classroom experience. Some sought to exclude it from the classroom, while others sought ways to include education related to the applied use of AI tools. Three years later, the education sector still finds itself trying to figure out what it means to have AI as another t...

In a world where artificial intelligence is evolving faster than we can document or teach, staying current has become a moving target. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara  Schwartz talks with her colleague Dr. James Norrie, a Professor of Cybersecurity, Law & Strategy at the York College of PA, and the Founder and CEO of CyberconIQ, a human-centered cybersecurity company about the challenge of...

The movie Contact , starring Jodie Foster, features a memorable moment. While speaking with a group of students, Foster’s character—an astronomer searching for signs of extraterrestrial life—gazes up at the sky and says, “If it’s just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.” On this episode of WMD , we’re looking up—way up—into a mystery that has shifted from fringe theory to front-page news: U...

Video game environments like Roblox and Minecraft attract children as young as age 9. Although there are content restrictions, such as limited chat functionality, voice communications, and friend requests, many children bypass these protections, not understanding why they are in place. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz talks with Nevin Ferry, a cybersecurity management student at the Yor...

In an age of rapid technological change, AI-generated content is reshaping communication, decision-making, and even the way we think. But with this power comes complexity—how do we craft prompts that cut through noise, avoid bias, and drive meaningful outcomes? And how does disruption, from shifting industries to information warfare, challenge the way we use and trust AI? On this episode of WMD Dr...

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Management consultant and educator Peter Drucker has many famous quotes attributed to him, but one of his most memorable by far is “culture eats strategy for breakfast, operational excellence for lunch, and everything else for dinner.” Nowhere is this more apparent than in cybersecurity. A recent survey showed that 30% of your employees think cybersecurity is not their responsibility – 30%! In oth...

Take a look around. Work is no longer a place you go, but something you engage in. Industries have become cyborg – a physical, human, digital hybrid. This creates intense pressure to maintain the IT infrastructure that is the lifeblood of the cyborg organization. Cybersecurity personnel take on that responsibility, which requires 24/7/365 vigilance. Is it any wonder that cybersecurity people are e...

The 2017 NotPetya cyberattack exploited the software supply chain when malware was embedded in a routine update of the M.E. Docs software, an accounting software similar to Quicken, which is widely used in Ukraine. This past summer, Crowdstrikecustomers experienced problems when there was an error in a line of code. Although this was not a cyberattack, the impact of this error was widely felt, and...

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, WMD Host, Dr. Tamara Schwartz participated in a panel on Artificial Intelligence sponsored by the Kinsley School of Engineering, Sciences & Technology and the Graham School of Business at the York College of Pennsylvania. She was joined by YCP colleagues, Dr. James Norrie, Dean Zeller, and Devon Tolbert, and Sierra Magnotta, an AI & Machine Learning Applie...

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, WMD Host, Dr. Tamara Schwartz participated in a panel on Artificial Intelligence sponsored by the Kinsley School of Engineering, Sciences & Technology and the Graham School of Business at the York College of Pennsylvania. She was joined by YCP colleagues, Dr. James Norrie, Dean Zeller, and Devon Tolbert, and Sierra Magnotta, an AI & Machine Learning Applie...

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, WMD Host, Dr. Tamara Schwartz participated in a panel on Artificial Intelligence sponsored by the Kinsley School of Engineering, Sciences & Technology and the Graham School of Business at the York College of Pennsylvania. She was joined by YCP colleagues, Dr. James Norrie, Dean Zeller, and Devon Tolbert, and Sierra Magnotta, an AI & Machine Learning Applie...

One of the most common expressions amongst cybersecurity practitioners is “there is no fix for stupid.” This statement is usually accompanied by a shake of the head, laughter, or maybe a shrug. Another version of this sentiment might be “show me something that is fool proof, and I’ll find you a bigger fool.” Inherent in these comments is a sense of derision for the person who was exploited by the...

Manufacturing has traditionally been subtractive. We start with a piece of material, and we subtract material by cutting it away until we have the object we are trying to create. 3D printing, also referred to as additive manufacturing, works in reverse. We begin with a digital representation of an object, and a machine adds filament material to the object one tiny layer at a time until we have cre...

At some point in time we have all dreamed of being someone else or somewhere else. When you read a fantasy book that felt so real, you wished you could go to that place. Or maybe you were watching a professional sporting event and imagined that it was you who was making that slam dunk, homerun, impossible goal, or touchdown. That time at your first job when you dropped something, the entire room l...

We live in an age of surveillance, but few of us pay attention to exactly how closely we are being tracked. Devices like the Ring doorbell, the Apple Watch, Google’s search engine, and the smartphone in your pocket provide location, imagery, voice, interest, and health data. Social media provides the same. Few people, if anyone, read the user agreements in detail to find out exactly how that user...

The sex tech industry is a recognized early adopter of emerging technology and driver of innovation. In fact, ecommerce and bandwidth technology are two examples of innovations that came from the sex tech industry. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz hands off the hosting microphone to Neisha Pierre, a cybersecurity management major and her cohost, Paul Gentile, both students here at the Y...

Let’s play Buzzword Bingo. Business Analytics. Cybersecurity. AI. Big Data. ChatGPT. Blockchain. IoT. Let’s talk tech. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Schwartz talks with two of her YCP students, Madison Furrow a cybersecurity management major and Thomas Cooper a business analytics major about artificial intelligence and its intersection with everything.

When we think about human resources and personnel, we think about people…about humans! But AI is taking the personal out of personnel. Since the introduction of Human Resources Information Systems into the hiring process, the job search experience has become very different. Generative AI is already making an impact on resumes, and there are new applications of AI in the HR process being introduced...

What is real? This is the question posed to the Velveteen Rabbit by the Skin Horse. He goes on to explain that “Real isn’t how you are made. You become.” The rise of Augmented and Virtual Reality technologies makes this question even more complicated. Is something “real” when we experience it in cyberspace? On this episode of WMD, Dr. Schwartz talks with cybersecurity management student Carlos Gom...

Coaching in sport is extremely important to development both as an athlete and as a whole person. The tools a coach has at their disposal is a factor in how they can help their athletes prepare, train, reflect, and recover. Emerging technologies are creating new ways to assist in the player – coach relationship. In particular, IoT offers numerous opportunities related to tracking athlete health an...

On the last episode of WMD, one of Dr. Schwartz’s student veterans, Mr. Jon Ritt, a business analytics major at the York College of Pennsylvania, shared war stories from his first deployment to Southwest Asia to describe how technology is shaping the battlefield. On this episode, part two of a two-part story, Jon shares the story of his second deployment which occurred several years after the firs...

One of the best experiences that comes from being a professor is when a student takes the opportunity to share their personal story. Military veterans share a very special bond, as a veteran herself, Dr. Schwartz feels especially grateful for that connection when a student veteran shares their story. This is part one of a very special two-part episode of WMD, where one of those veterans, Mr. Jon R...

Historically, National Security has always involved the most cutting edge of technology. As the world moves back into a RealPolitik posture with nations competing for power of a global scale, how we go to war is changing again. The newest arms race is in the application of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics on the battlefield. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz talkswith cybersecurity s...

George Orwell imagined it in 1984 . Star Trek imagined it with the Borg, when they promised that we would all be assimilated. The Internet of Things, or IoT in industry jargon, is no longer the stuff of science fiction, but rather the stuff of science fact, and it is disrupting everything. On this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz hands off the microphone to York College of Pennsylvania cybersec...