Cybersecurity experts say that a software-free technology designed by St Louis company Q-Net Security could be the solution to securing against the Log4j vulnerability.

Following a wave of disruptive cyberattacks on US infrastructure, the strongest commercially-available cybersecurity hardware - developed by Missouri-based Q-Net Security – is being made more accessible to US civilian consumers.

US Military hardware developed by Q-Net Security is now being made available to US civilian consumers in response to the rapid increase in cyberattacks. Experts hope the new plug-and-play technology will be quickly rolled out to help repel cyberattackers from targeting US civilian infrastructure—attacks which happened in recent months to both Colonial Pipeline and JBS Foods.

Cybercrime and threats to U.S. energy companies have surged in the past year, costing millions of dollars in losses and ransoms paid, billions of dollars of investment in cybersecurity software, and executive and legislative branch intervention.

US Military hardware developed by Q-Net Security is now being made available to US civilian consumers in response to the rapid increase in cyberattacks. Experts hope the new plug-and-play technology will be quickly rolled out to help repel cyberattackers from targeting US civilian infrastructure—attacks which happened in recent months to both Colonial Pipeline and JBS Foods.

St. Louis-based Q-Net Security claimed its black box technology is the next revolution in cybersecurity. “The oil pipeline, Colonial Pipeline, and the Oldsmar water. These are real security issues that need to be solved,” said Ronald Indeck, PhD, CEO for Q-Net Security. Q-Net’s black box, or the Q-Box, is a new hardware security solution for endpoint security.

Innovative cybersecurity leader Q-Net Security (QNS) teamed up with product engineer and manufacturer Custom Technologies to develop and manufacture the next generation of hardware security (hardsec) devices. QNS will be using its novel “quantum compute resistant” network devices, better known as “Q-Boxes,” which can deliver unprecedented network data security even against the most sophisticated forms of cyberattacks. They also offer protection on a previously unattainable level, even with nation-level encryption technologies.

Secondly, companies need to be aware that there are numerous approaches to cybersecurity. It’s not the same old game where you simply tell people to have better password hygiene and you buy an off-the-shelf firewall. Hackers and cybercriminals are more sophisticated than ever before; our responses need to be more sophisticated as well. As a […]

You can’t attack what you can’t see, and cloaking technology for devices on Ethernet LANs is merely one of many protection layers implemented in Q-Net Security’s Q-Box to protect networked devices and transaction between these devices from cyberattacks. Other security technologies built into the Q-Box include encryption, authentication, and the use of different, randomly generated security keys created just in time for each transaction – called JITKeys – with no external key management.

The very first step in improving cybersecurity is to become informed! As I mentioned before, it’s not a good strategy to pretend that cybersecurity breaches will never happen, or they won’t be very damaging if they do. Learning about the current state of the technology, and what options can be achieved easily is the first goal in better protecting oneself and one’s company.

Recently, a successful ransomware cyberattack occurred that forced the Colonial Pipeline, the largest gasoline and diesel pipeline delivery system in the U.S., to take its systems and pipelines offline. This disaster, however, was entirely preventable.

Innovative cybersecurity leader Q-Net Security (QNS) teamed up with product engineer and manufacturer Custom Technologies to develop and manufacture the next generation of hardware security (hardsec) devices.

On the other hand, Custom Technologies is a full-spectrum engineering and manufacturing company with years of expertise from business logistics to actual product manufacturing. The tech company, based in Missouri, will be responsible for all of the machining, testing, and assembly work required to manufacture the next batch of Q-boxes. The next-level hardsec solution will be built at its Brentwood manufacturing facility, allowing QNS to focus on the product design and development at its St. Louis facility.

Following an announcement made by Q-Net Security, the innovative cybersecurity company has entered into a partnership with Custom Technologies. As part of the partnership the two plan to manufacture and distribute next generation ‘hardsec’ (hardware security) cryptography devices.

Despite its growing technology scene, St. Louis isn’t known as a place where high-tech hardware is made. A small black box, designed and sold by one local company and assembled by another, may change that.

Malicious cyber activity is big business - it costs the US economy more than $5 billion annually. According to the US Council of Economic Advisors, this figure is expected to exceed $6 trillion globally by 2021. In 2019, over 7.9 billion data breaches were reported, twice the number of cases seen in 2018. These worrying statistics make cybercrime more profitable than the global trade of all major illegal drugs combined.

The recent reports of hacks such as SolarWind and Maze ransomware successfully striking computer networks belonging to Federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies highlight the continuing vulnerability of current software-based approaches to securing critical networks.

Secure data at rest. It’s important to make sure that user and other critical data is protected even if it isn’t moving. One way to do this is with regular backups, encrypted drives, and good passwords. It’s also important to lock down endpoints, making sure data STAYS at rest, by denying computers access by default […]

Secure data at rest. It’s important to make sure that user and other critical data is protected even if it isn’t moving. One way to do this is with regular backups, encrypted drives, and good passwords. It’s also important to lock down endpoints, making sure data STAYS at rest, by denying computers access by default to resources they don’t need. This is a combination of a couple principles that are too lengthy to describe here, but involve the theory of “zero-trust” as well as “micro-segmenting” your network.

Q-Net Security, Inc. (QNS) is pleased to announce a $3M project from the U.S. Air Force, as part of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract. This research will advance the development of the QNS' cybersecurity product, and partners QNS with the Air Force's Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division.

Q-Net Security, Inc. (QNS) is pleased to announce a $3M project from the U.S. Air Force, as part of a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract. This research will advance the development of the QNS’ cybersecurity product, and partners QNS with the Air Force’s Cryptologic and Cyber Systems Division

On December 13, 2020, a grave announcement by a major IT company, SolarWinds, shook the world. Threat actors hacked into the company’s infrastructure and used it to send malware in the form of updates to its clients. The attack not only compromised the network integrity of thousands of companies but also caused widespread panic. Soon, it was classified as a ‘grave risk to the U.S. Government at all levels’ by the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA).

Farmington native Dennis Mell recently provided his expertise as an electrical and systems engineering professor to help an eclectic team of doctors, engineers and machinists to provide emergency ventilators for hospitals in the care of COVID-19 patients. This story originally appeared in the April 13 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

In late March, amid growing uncertainty about the coronavirus spreading, doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital were concerned about the possibility of running out of ventilators, machines that force enriched air into the lungs so people can breathe.

Q-Net Security, Inc. (QNS) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to advance the development of its cybersecurity product.

Q-Net Security, Inc. (QNS) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract through AFWERX and the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to advance the develop of its cybersecurity product.

Washington University in St. Louis this year celebrates two new fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction accorded solely to academic inventors. The distinction recognizes their prolific and innovative work and their contributions, which have had tangible, positive impacts on society.

Missouri-based Q-Net Security, Inc. (QNS) brings to market the most advanced, game-changing national intelligence grade cybersecurity solution that is simple to implement, incredibly easy to manage, superfast, and quantum compute-resistant.