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Month: July 2011

July 21, 2011

Economic Impact: Patent trolls chase app developers out of the U.S

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Kootol-joins-Lodsys-as-a-patent-troll/?kc=LNXDEVNL072111 The Debt ceiling crisis will pass; even if there is a crash, the USA can recover from it … IF its core economic…

July 8, 2011

He’s not Ian Paisley

I was at a presentation yesterday. One of the vendor’s speakers, I’m sorry to say, was a CISSP. OK, he wasn’t Ian Paisley or…

July 2, 2011

The Question of Residual Risk value

People keep asking questions like If the risk equation I use is Impact * Probability, when it comes to calculating the residual risk value…

July 2, 2011

Risk Models that hide important information

Some people seem to be making life difficult for themselves with risk models such as “Impact * Probability” and as such have lead themselves…

July 1, 2011

Compliance? What Compliance?

Sometimes I wonder why we bother … The Securities and Exchange Commission doesn’t just enforce the rules that govern Wall Street. When asked, it…

July 1, 2011

Sony backs U.S. ineffective cybersecurity legislation

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sony+backs+cybersecurity+legislation/5030033/story.html “If nothing else, perhaps the frequency, audacity and harmfulness of these attacks will help encourage Congress to enact new legislation to make the…

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