March 22, 2010 More on how to win friends and influence management Take a look at Forget ROI and Risk. Consider Competitive Advantage by Richard Bejtlich I note the line that so many of us in…
March 13, 2010 On the one hand … On the one hand there this: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/10/new_york_isp_crackdown/ and on the other, when it comes down to practice, there’s this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/20/australian_adult_content_filter_failure/ Now please don’t think…
March 5, 2010 White House Cyber Czar: ‘There Is No Cyberwar’ Thank you Howard! This has long needed to be said by someone in authority! Yes, crime and espionage will cripple us all economically. We…
February 28, 2010 The FBI risk equation It seems that to make better cybersecurity-related decisions a senior FBI official recommends considering a simple algebraic equation: risk = threat x vulnerability x…
November 6, 2009 Speil Chequers Yesterday, my friend and collegue, Rob Slade, noted that … Idly leafing through yet another IT executive rag (preparatory to recycling it), and noticed…
October 26, 2009 The chief value of open source Now this is interesting! With code visibility, you and your vendors become partners in trying to make something work. The vendor can’t over-promise, but…
May 4, 2009 Hysteria over swine flu is the real danger http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/03/swine.flu.react/index.html?eref=rss_topstories And in world terms how does this compare to nuclear tests in North Korea?
January 4, 2009 Is it the end of the road for LiveCDs? Image via Wikipedia http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/it_end_road_live_cds No. I don’t think so! The price of recordable DVDs is now under $0.22 each That’s roughly 60 times cheaper…
November 10, 2008 Internet addiction defined http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/10/internet-addiction-defined-in-china-entire-engadget-staff-now-o/ Is a “dependency” the same as an “addiction“? Many businesses and business processes, to say nothing of Government, are now _dependent_ on the…
November 10, 2008 Cyber-terrorism will be punishable by death http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\117\story_7-11-2008_pg1_8 Only in Pakistan? Shame! The penalty is limited to an offence that ‘causes death of any person’, according to the ordinance that will…
November 22, 2007 “Who ya gonna call?” Certainly not qualified experts! This from a Friend in Australia: The Australian Government is wasting over $100 million on “free” “Internet content filtering” software for home computers (http://www.netalert.gov.au/),…
October 28, 2007 Online trading site was left wide open http://www.theregister.ca/2007/10/25/online_trading_pen_test/ The comments about whether or not the coders are responsible or should have raised red flags is interesting. But my say is that…
April 27, 2007 Schneier questions need for security industry http://news.com.com/Schneier+questions+need+for+security+industry/2100-7355_3-6179500.html “We shouldn’t have to come and find a company to secure our e-mail. E-mail should already be secure. We shouldn’t have to buy…
December 29, 2006 Can-Spam Law A ‘Big Disappointment’ http://www.crn.com/nl/crndailynews/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=196800022 The article opens As the federal Can-Spam Act nears its third anniversary, a spam researcher calls it a “big disappointment” and says it…
October 19, 2006 Open Source for Bean Counters This white paper moves away from the relgious fervour of the geeks to the B-School reasons for open source. This white paper will demystify…
July 6, 2006 The truth About AV Those of you who haven’t visited Rob Bergeners VMyths.com site should do so. http://www.forbes.com/home/free_forbes/2006/0605/100.html To sell antivirus software, first you must sell the fear….
