Ideas Made to Matter Social Media

A new method for rooting out social media bots

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Borrowing a model from statistical physics, an MIT professor finds a better way to detect online bots.

Jul 10, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Cybersecurity

3 steps toward safer and sounder software

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It takes hyper-awareness, operational readiness, and swift adaptation.

Jun 5, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Cybersecurity

What CIOs should understand about adversaries and innovation

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When it comes to cyber threats, the CIO should own the problem completely.

May 30, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Data Privacy

What to watch after GDPR's rollout

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Setting up some unsolvable problems, and the inevitable government versus industry showdown.

May 23, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Economy

Is a cryptocurrency a security? Depends.

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MIT senior lecturer and former financial regulator Gary Gensler says 'well over a thousand' tokens will face regulatory reckoning.

May 4, 2018
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Ideas Made to Matter Cybersecurity

Electronic system holds up during Kenyan election

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During the 2013 election, officials had to switch to manual systems at the last minute.

Aug 9, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Cybersecurity

How to survive a hack: Management trumps technology

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Companies must build a culture of security, or risk a disastrous attack on data and infrastructure.

May 18, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Social Media

Fighting online extremists with machine learning

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Using networks and artificial intelligence to pre-emptively identify and shut down ISIS on Twitter.

Apr 6, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Digital Economy

Four new business insights from MIT Sloan Management Review

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What you don’t know about cybersecurity, why water threatens your supply chain, and more.

Jan 17, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Finance

Financial institutions must fight cybercrime from inside and out

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Bank hacks, social engineering, and digital currency all get time at Cambridge Cyber Summit.

Oct 6, 2016
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