November 1, 2016 Online Ad Industry Threatened by Security Issues http://www.databreachtoday.com/online-ad-industry-threatened-by-security-issues-a-9488 Most people use ad blockers because they’re irritated with some of the intrusive ways ads are presented. But there are also compelling security…
September 19, 2016 Some thoughts on the performance of SSD RAID 0 arrays My Friend Alan Rocker and I often discuss ideas about technology and tradeoffs. Alan asked about SSDs for Linux: > I haven’t been following…
September 14, 2016 Everything old is new again http://www.databreachtoday.com/whitepapers/seven-reasons-micro-segmentation-powerful-to-have-painless-to-add-w-2704 What’s the saying “Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it over again“? Weren’t we doing this with routers and … well…
September 11, 2016 Everybody wants in on ‘Cybersecurity” Embed from Getty Images Intel Sets McAfee Free … http://www.databreachtoday.com/blogs/intel-sets-mcafee-free-p-2244? … becoming what Intel bills as one of the world’s biggest “pure-play cybersecurity companies.”…
September 2, 2016 The Hidden Curriculum of Work http://www.strategy-business.com/blog/The-Hidden-Curriculum-of-Work I think part of the problem I have in dealing with the current generation of head-hunters and corporate recruiters is that they focus…
July 2, 2016 Nobody wants to pay for security, including security companies https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/nobody-wants-pay-security-including-companies-beno%C3%AEt-h-dicaire In theory, consumers and businesses could punish Symantec for these oversights by contracting with other security vendors. In practice, there’s no guarantee that…
June 26, 2016 Brexit: What’s Next for Privacy, Policing, Surveillance? http://www.databreachtoday.com/brexit-whats-next-for-privacy-policing-surveillance-a-9225 Now we’re getting over the “how could that do THAT!” shock stage and starting to think what the operational, rather than just the…
March 22, 2016 Cyber risk in the business https://normanmarks.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/cyber-risk-and-the-boardroom/ The take-away that is relevant : Cyber risk should not be managed separately from enterprise or business risk. Cyber may be only one…
February 18, 2016 Purpose unclear. Why are the FBI *really* trying to subvert encryption? Tim cook says Apple will fight a federal order to help the FBI hack an iPhone. An earlier version of this page has…
January 6, 2016 We’re mobile addicts but we just don’t want new smartphones http://www.zdnet.com/article/research-were-mobile-addicts-but-we-just-dont-want-new-smartphones/ For whatever value of “Mobile” is applicable in context, yes. A lot of what I see is students in the library with their…
July 10, 2015 The 11 tiniest, most powerful computers your money can buy http://www.geek.com/chips/the-11-tiniest-most-powerful-computers-your-money-can-buy-1627324/ I have my doubts about many things and the arguments here and in the comments section loom large. Yes, I can see that…
July 5, 2015 Cyber, Ciber or Syber? Occasionally, people do ask: What exactly do you mean by “cyber security”? Or “cyber” for that matter. Please explain. “Steersman Security”? It seems to…
May 10, 2015 Why Silicon Valley Will Continue to Rule https://medium.com/backchannel/why-silicon-valley-will-continue-to-rule-c0cbb441e22f The historical, cultural and economic context described here sums up why efforts to replicate ‘the valley’ in other countries, other places, according to…
May 9, 2015 Tracking kids via microchip ‘can’t be far off,’ says expert http://www.kens5.com/story/news/2015/05/07/tracking-kids-via-microchip-cant-be-far-off-says-expert/70986060/ Dickerson said she though one day, “I microchip my dog, why couldn’t I microchip my son?” I think there’s something despicable about treating…
May 1, 2015 Can We Secure the ‘Internet of Other People’s Things’? http://www.eweek.com/security/can-we-secure-the-internet-of-other-peoples-things.html I think that title expresses the problem very well.
April 30, 2015 U.S. Defense Secretary Carter emphasizes culture change needed to http://www.scmagazine.com/ash-carter-spoke-at-stanford-university/article/411392/ Yes the government needs a culture change if it is to address its own and the national issues pertaining to security, technological, in…
March 21, 2015 Review: “Penetration with Perl” by Douglas Berdeaux Douglas Berdeaux has written an excellent book, excellent from quite a number of points of view, some of which I will address. Packt Publishing…
November 19, 2014 Should all applicable controls be mentioned in documenting an ISMS? In my very first job we were told, repeatedly told, to document everything and keep our personal journals up to date. Not just with…
November 15, 2014 This is not the IoT you want. http://www.cnet.com/products/quirky-outlink/ If I plug in an IDE drive or a SATA drive or a USB drive or device my mobo or system recognizes what…
August 4, 2014 14 antivirus apps found to have security problems http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/07/29/antivirus_blood_splattered_as_biz_warned_audit_or_die Let us pass over the “All A are B” illogic in this and consider what we’ve known all along. AV doesn’t really work;…
