Legacy Security Controls: Time to Pull the Plug?
It’s a fact of life that most IT shops have, to one degree or another, a “security products graveyard” – i.e. security technology that’s past its prime, performing poorly, or…
DetailsIn (Partial) Defense of the Comey Plan
A terrorist assaults the Canadian Parliament, and is shot dead. Police, fearing a Mumbai-style mass attack, seize the gunman’s cell phone to look for contacts, communications, text messages, or other…
DetailsFBI Doubles Down on Apple Encryption
The FBI really hates data security and privacy. I mean HATES it. In a speech before the Brookings Institution last week, FBI Director Jim Comey called for a “legislative or regulatory…
DetailsSelf-Test: Are You a True Information Security Leader
It is more important than ever to safeguard your business. As the drumbeat of news about breaches continues, the stakes have never been greater. You must stay a step ahead…
DetailsYour Bank is Listening and Recording
“This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes.” We have all heard this missive whenever we call an 800 number, or any big company. But when we “consent” to…
DetailsAnti-Viral
Aggregating is the inverse of broadcasting. What complicates this is that many technologies are now used for both. Cell phones are the best example. They are a device originally designed…
DetailsSplitting Symantec is the Right Thing To Do – Now it is Intel’s Turn
The current flurry of breakups in the tech sector is gratifying to watch. The only conglomerate strategy I have ever seen work effectively is Alfred P. Sloan’s revolutionary “centralized decentralization”…
DetailsFakebook Crimes
Sondra Prince of Watertown, New York was a social media queen. She had a Facebook page with pictures of herself splayed out on a brand new BMW. She displayed her…
DetailsGag Me With a Court Order: Twitter Suing
Online social media site Twitter recently sued the U.S. government to allow the site to protect the privacy of its users. Generally, you see the U.S. government through the Federal Trade…
DetailsMoving to the Cloud: Resistance is Futile
At some point, I must have drunk the Cloud Kool-Aid. I find that despite my best efforts, I no longer develop the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach…
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