http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120305_6368.php
The Navy's premier institution for developing senior strategic and
operational leaders started issuing students Apple iPad tablet
computers equipped with GoodReader software in August 2010,
unaware that the mobile app was developed and maintained by
a Russian company, Good.iWare, until Nextgov reported it in February.
OK so its not news and OK I've posted about this before, but ...
Last week I was reading another report about malware and it stated that most malware yamma yamma yamma had it origins in the USA. No doubt you've seen reports to that effect with different slants.
So the question here is: Why should software produced in the country where there are more evil-minded programmers be superior to software produced in Russia?
When did you last secure your laptop?
The last year seems to have been a bumper one for stolen laptops, especially ones stolen from high profile companies and which contian plenty of personal information.
Many of the companies concerned seem to think that having passowrd proetction is adequate. Others think that because the laptop was stolen "for the hardware" and not for the information on it, all is OK. A couple think that firing the person who was using the laptop makes everythng OK.
"If thieves read the newspaper, they can readily figure out that they have got more than just a piece of hardware."
Well, I don't think so.
Will things change?
At the very least, the publicity has made it clear to theives that tTell me about when you saved the company a million dollars. Or when you successfully managed the million dollar project to deployment, on schedule and on budget. The infomation on the laptop is more valuable than the hardware. This year, 2007, any thief with any sense will sell the data and throw away the laptop. Perhaps on a rubish tip - oh, I see one did that 🙂
Here is a summary of some news articles from 2006