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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 20, 2016

UN privacy head slams ‘worse than scary’ UK surveillance bill

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/10/un_privacy_head_slams_uk_surveillance_bill/ Two points in this caught my attention. Cannataci also argued forcefully that mass surveillance was not the way to handle the threat from…

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…

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…

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…

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…

June 25, 2015

Another reason to have a policy not to eat at your operations

I’ve worked in places where the policy was that you’re not allowed to bring a camera in; that was before cell phones, I admit,…

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…

April 21, 2014

What Applicants Should Ask When Interviewing For An InfoSecurity Position

http://www.informationsecuritybuzz.com/applicants-ask-interviewing-information-security-role/ Well what would you ask? These seem to be the kind of questions that might be asked by someone with a strong technical…

November 2, 2013

Canada’s counter terrorism strategy

https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/trrrst-thrt-cnd/index-eng.aspx Here in Kanukistaniland, Vic Toews (remember him? Check back to February of last year to see an example of him being idiotic in…

August 31, 2013

On ‘paranoia’ – revisiting “Paid to be paraoid”

My fellow CISSP and author Walter Jon  Williams observed that Paranoia is not a part of any mindset. It is an illness. Ah, Walter…

March 15, 2013

“Paid to be paranoid”

Read the first four paragraphs of this: http://hollylisle.com/shoes-and-handbags/ Forget the rest, forget that its about ‘creative writing’, just answer that question. Bruce Schneier among…

February 16, 2013

The #1 Reason Leadership Development Fails

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/12/19/the-1-reason-leadership-development-fails/ I wouldn’t have though, based on the title, that I’d be blogging about this, but then again one can get fed up with…

September 14, 2012

Learning to Counter Threats – Skills or Ethics?

Fellow CISSP  Cragin Shelton made this very pertinent observation and gave me permission to quote him. The long thread about the appropriateness of learning…

August 30, 2012

Marketing Is Dead – Harvard Business Review

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/08/marketing_is_dead.html Of course you have to have a catchy title, but what this really says is … in today’s increasingly social media-infused environment, traditional…

August 8, 2012

Steve Wozniak: Cloud Computing Will Cause ‘Horrible Problems In The

http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wozniak-cloud-computing-will-cause-horrible-problems-in-the-next-five-years-2012-8 Perhaps The Woz isn’t the influence he once was, and certainly not on Wall Street and the consumer market place. The unbounded RAH-RAH-RAH…

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