This week we talk news and implementation methodologies for HTTPS, take a first look at some of the newer big data top level projects at apache, and even get a bit philosophical talking about the search for IT and data analytics talent in the USA. Joined this week by a new guest and future co-host, Ashton Webster, and undergraduate in the Cybersecurity Honors College (ACES) at the University of Maryland, we have an hour of jam packed conversation that spans multiple topics in cybersecurity and big data. Cyber Frontiers is all about Exploring Cyber security, Big Data, and the Technologies Shaping the Future Through an Academic Perspective!   Christian Johnson, a student at the University of Maryland will bring fresh and relevant topics to the show based on the current work he does. Support the Average Guy Tech Scholarship Fund: http://theAverageGuy.tv/amazon WANT TO SUBSCRIBE? We now have Video Large / Small and Video iTunes options at http://theAverageGuy.tv/subscribe You can contact us via email at jim@theaverageguy.tv or call in your questions or comments to be played on the show at (402) 478-8450 Listen Mobile:     HTTPS/SSL OVERVIEW I want to get a message to my friend (HTML), but I realize that there is someone intercepting our messages.  How can I guarantee to my friend that there wasn’t someone in between (MITM)? By creating a message authentication code: if the message changes at all, the code changes.  And by the way, it would be nice to have encryption to hide the message, and compression to make it […]