Where have all your good words gone? Where have all your stories gone? From Where Have All Your Good Words Gone by Laura Gibson Long, long ago, way back in December of 2011 the latest blog entry appeared in Security For All. What become of the author and his intrepid sidekicks Dr. Security and Captain X-Ploit [...]
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Whatever Happened to Security For All?
Posted: March 16, 2012 in general, securityTags: Captain X-Ploit, security
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Of screen doors and submarines – locking down your iPhone
Posted: February 4, 2011 in general, professional, securityTags: iphone, security, smart phones
It’s about as useless as A screen door on a submarine Faith without works baby It just ain’t happenin’ From Screen Door by Rich Mullins In a recent post, to the extent that any post here is recent, I wrote about the threat to personal privacy – yea even freedom posed by smart phones. Actually [...]
The dark side of post startup innovation
Posted: October 3, 2008 in professional, securityTags: agile, dark side, innovation, Napera, security, software engineering, startups, the force
Todd at the Napera blog has two great articles here and here about how most of the innovation in network security comes from startups. Breakthrough products like security appliances and virtualization were not pioneered by established industry behemoths, but originated with smaller companies willing to pioneer new product ideas and disrupt the status quo. Startups [...]
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 [...]
Security ideas for your mom part 1
Posted: August 31, 2008 in general, securityTags: appliance, cell phone, crapware, google, internet, iphone, mac, mini laptop, pc, security, virus
So here’s the scenario: Your mom wants to get a PC so she can get email, check out those internets and use the google. She’s heard about all the nasty stuff out there like in those commercials with the little old lady speaking with the voice of a biker. So she knows it’s a dangerous [...]
Welcome to Security For All
Posted: August 30, 2008 in general, securityTags: blackhawks, dhs, helicopters, IT, security
It’s apropos that I’m starting this blog while enjoying the security theater accompanying the Democratic National Convention here in Denver. Specifically I’m watching the blackhawk helicopters patrolling our friendly skies. I enjoy watching them so I’m not complaining. The point is that while it seems so obvious, preventing a terrorist attack is hardly an important [...]
