John Bambenek

John Bambenek is an information security practitioner living in central Illinois. He currently owns a consulting firm where he guides corporate executives and members of government on issues relating to online fraud and crime. Prior to that he has worked in both the public and private sector as a subject matter expert in information security and has been quoted in the New York Times, Washington Post and other publications.
He is currently studying for his Masters in Theology degree from Franciscan University of Steubenville. He’s is married and gather of three young children (two of whom were born at home).

Taking childbirth home

John Bambenek | 16 Feb 2011

Thanks to the risk management brigade, a woman in an obstetric ward is little more than a potential plaintiff.

Why is the internet so vicious?

John Bambenek | 22 May 2009

Staring at a screen and tapping at a keyboard drains all the niceness out of some people.

Is Georgia the first cyberwar?

John Bambenek | 30 Aug 2008

Talk of a new era of war over the internet is just overheated rhetoric.

Generation BlackBerry

John Bambenek | 29 Mar 2008

Plugged in, online, tuned out -- and liable to have a painful encounter with reality.

Unsuitable for children

John Bambenek | 16 Jan 2008

If some video games are too violent to be suitable for kids, what exactly makes them suitable for adults?

What you say online can be used against you

John Bambenek | 29 Nov 2007

Isn't it bizarre that people abhor government snooping, but their private lives are an open book on the internet?

My big brother, my cell phone

John Bambenek | 10 Nov 2007

Sick of spam in your in-box? How will you cope with spam on your cell phone?

Will video games save American education?

John Bambenek | 13 Sep 2007

On-line games are being sold to teachers as a way to save the economy by revitalising the classroom. Hmmm.

Ready for the second dot-com bust?

John Bambenek | 20 Jul 2007

Sometime, somewhere, somehow, even internet companies have to make money.

Copyright under threat on the internet

John Bambenek | 15 May 2007

The internet's version of the Boston Tea Party pits technophile against the music and movie industries.

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