Bury your memories bury your friends, Leave it alone for a year or two. Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true, Then do it again. Some Things never end. From “Eleventh Earl of Mar” Genesis John Brandon has an article in ComputerWorld, Famous tech myths that just won’t die. Wherein he attempts [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Great stuff that never happened
Posted: September 27, 2008 in general, UncategorizedTags: Al Gore, Apple, Bill Gates, internet, Internet2, iphone, MacTablet, PC Gaming, tech myths, Ted Stevens
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DRM is a security threat
Posted: September 27, 2008 in general, professional, securityTags: Alone in the Dark, antipiracy, Atari, Ben Yahtzee, bittorrent, computer games, Digital Rights Management, DRM, EA, Electronic Arts, malware, MediaDefender, Nick Webster, open source, p2p, Revision3, security threat, SecuROM, software, software cracks, software piracy, Spore, warez
For my entire career I’ve designed, developed, maintained and secured commercial software products. So it is definitely not lost on me that the revenue generated by sales of those software products is what pays my bills. If customers don’t pony up then my employers quit paying me. So believe me, I’m certainly not advocating that [...]
I so want to be a Forrester analyst
Posted: September 24, 2008 in professional, securityTags: BS-O-meter, endpoint security, Forrester, Microsoft, NAC, NAP, Napera, Network Access Control, Network Access Protection
Now that would be a totally sweet gig. No experience necessary, no research required. Just collect the swag from vendors. Totally sweet deal – sign me up. Now hang on there, that’s harsh – even for you! Yeah, well what conclusion am I supposed to come to with this report on the state of Network [...]
Sarah Palin and the great Yahoo! angst
Posted: September 21, 2008 in general, professional, securityTags: Alan Shimel, blogoshere, email, Google Mail, Hotmail, passwords, personally identifiable information, risk management, Sarah Palin, security, Security Bloggers Network, webmail, wikileaks, Yahoo
I’ve really been trying to stay out of this one. I really have. Mostly because everyone, and I do mean everyone, has this story covered. While mainstream media, in stories like this, were concentrating on where to place blame, whether nasty sites like wikileaks are legal (while dutifully linking the prurient details) and whether Ms. [...]
Nice stuff from DHS for your FDPP
Posted: September 18, 2008 in general, security, UncategorizedTags: BCP, Business Continuity Plan, Department of Homeland Security, dhs, disaster, Disaster Recovery Plan, DRP, emergency, Family Disaster Preparedness Plan, FDPP, Grover, Let's Get Ready, Monty Python, Ready Kids, Rosita, security, Sesame Street, Sesame Workshop
In recent days the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been getting spanked pretty hard for being unprepared for cyberthreats. Since that mule has been pretty well beat to death, I’m not going to chime in on that. Instead, in the immortal words of the great philosopher sage Monty Python “And now for something [...]
Losing our History
Posted: September 13, 2008 in general, securityTags: Availability, Confidentiality, Declaration of Independence, Integrity, Lockheed Martin, National Archives, New York Times, San Diego Supercomputer Center, security, U.S. Constitution, Webfountain
My wife and I spent the Independence Day weekend this year in Washington DC. In addition to watching the fireworks from the base of the Iwo Jima memorial we visited a number of other memorials and museums. But probably the most amazing place we visited was the National Archives. Aside from the U.S. Constitution and [...]
Yesterday the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released it’s annual report Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security 9/11 Anniversary Progress and Priorities which begins with the following introduction (emphasis mine): Since 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made significant progress in protecting the nation from dangerous people and goods, protecting the nation’s [...]
Keys to the kingdom
Posted: September 9, 2008 in general, securityTags: Bruce Schneier, encryption, multi-factor authentication, open source, password generator, Password Safe, passwords, PCI, SecurePuter, strong passwords
You think we’d have gotten past this by now. After all the research, mathematical and technological advancement almost all of our most valuable digital – and ultimately real – assets are protected by one little word. Usually something lame like our dog’s name or favorite team mascot. That’s right, I’m talking about passwords. In spite [...]
