by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 11, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Sustainability, Threat Intelligence
Food and ag corporations could be caught in crossfire: The situation in Venezuela continues to deteriorate. Public safety is increasingly threatened as the government intensifies its crackdown on the political opposition, whether real or imagined. As is...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 7, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Sustainability, Threat Intelligence, Weird Stuff
The prion disease is now in 25 states: Just as hunters have been stalking deer and elk, so, too, has a deadly brain disease been stalking their four-legged quarry. Known as a chronic wasting disease (CWD), it infects deer, elk, and moose. It was first confirmed in...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 1, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Jennifer Buscemi should really frighten you: “Deepfakes” are a clear and present danger for food corporations. At some point in the very near future, the technology will be sufficiently developed and dispersed to enable adversaries to directly target food and...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 24, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Humanitarian Crises, Sustainability, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Several nations building powerful EMP bombs: Food defense professionals should carefully read the report referenced in this article, which details efforts by several nations, including China and Russia, to build powerful nuclear bombs designed to produce...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 9, 2019 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Industry Technology, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Restaurant Security, Threat Intelligence
Everybody talks about Russia, but what about China? The potential for cyber warfare between the U.S.and Russia is openly discussed, and well understood, but few people talk about China and cyberwar. The reason is simple. China is already engaged in its own form of...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 7, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Food Fraud, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Threat Intelligence
This machine eliminates supermarket mass production: The Wilkinson Baking Co. of Walla Walla, Wash., has created the BreadBot, a machine that makes bread from scratch, with a fresh loaf coming out every six minutes. Designed for grocery stores, the machine yields a...
