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Needles and the weakest link
My Haystack: Is finding that one needle really all that important? (Hint: Yes it is.) Ed Adams raises some good points in his article, specifically around the increase in coverage of breaches (I’m still not 100% sure there is a … Continue reading
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Hacking Tools and Intent
EU ministers seek to ban creation of ‘hacking tools’ As I read this story on various sites this morning I was reminded of the old quote – “If cryptography is outlawed, only outlaws will have cryptography”. Attempting to ban tools … Continue reading
Data in the cloud
Who cares where your data is? – Roger’s Security Blog – Site Home – TechNet Blogs There are many issues with data security as soon as we start discussing the “cloud”. Handing control of your data to third parties is … Continue reading
Password Security
Sony hack reveals password security is even worse than feared • The Register I was going to comment on something similar to this after my previous posts highlighting the generally poor user security awareness across the enterprise AND consumer spaces. … Continue reading
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Recent breaches
Stolen RSA data used to hack defense contractor • The Register There’s a lot more analysis out there today on the Lockhead Martin hack that has led to a recall of RSA SecurID tokens. Anyone using them should demand replacements, … Continue reading
Security as a feature
Apple iOS: Why it’s the most secure OS, period Some interesting analysis on why the iOS platform can be considered to be secure – largely as a result of the level of control that Apple maintains over the hardware, OS … Continue reading
Proof of Concept
Enterprise Architecture: From Incite comes Insight…: Vendor Proof of Concept Worst Practices Some good advice from James on those little things that can help (or hinder) when running POCs. Not much to add on my part (and certainly no confession … Continue reading
Linking
Feds Really Do Seem To Think That Linking To Infringing Content Can Be A Jailable Offense | Techdirt The story reminded me of a point I made a while ago – regardless of anything else, you (my reader), or me … Continue reading
Phone Hacking
BBC News – Phone hacking probe by Met faces scrutiny What’s interesting to me about this ongoing story (how many years is this now?!) is the lack of detail and information from a security perspective and even the basics about … Continue reading