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24 May 2013Quoted in the Wall Street Journal this week
I was quoted in the Wall Street Journal (Tuesday May 21 edition)...it's a piece written by Gregory Millman talking about how senior executives are often at the root of information security problems. Check it out:Corporate Security's Weak Link: Click-Happy CEOs Top Bosses, Exempt From Companywide Rules, Are More Likely to Take Cyber-Attackers' BaitAs I've written in the past, this is a big problem in businesses both large and small based on what ...
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19 Jan 2012
My interview in Hackin9 magazine
If you subscribe to Hackin9 magazine, check out this issue where they feature an interviewed with me about how the information security landscape has changed over the past decade, how you can get started in information security, my take on compliance and more.If you don't subscribe to Hackin9, it's a great trade rag for technical security pros and (especially?) non-technical IT, security and compliance pros...Putting the occasional typographical errors aside, ...
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19 Jan 2012
Quoted in today’s SC Magazine feature story on Symantec
Stephen Lawton wrote today's SC Magazine feature news story on the Symantec source code breach in which I'm quoted.I provided these quotes late last night and it was interesting timing because I was speaking at local university's AITP chapter yesterday evening and I told my audience that no one is immune from hacking - not even IT and security pros...and obviously not information security companies.It's a crazy world out there. ...
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25 May 2011
Texas Comptroller’s Office IT woes = security breach
Here's a Dallas Morning News story I was interviewed for - interesting IT woes in the Texas comptroller's office:Texas comptroller’s tech office had high turnover, employee complaints before breach Thanks go out to Kelly Shannon and my colleagues over at Focus.com for getting me involved....
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23 May 2011
Sony PlayStation discussion download
In case you missed our Sony PlayStation Security Fiasco roundtable discussion last week, here's a link to the MP3 recording.Enjoy!...
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16 May 2011
Today’s dicussion on the Sony PlayStation Security Breach
Join us for this roundtable teleconference on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 1pm PT / 4pm ET with yours truly, Andrew Baker, Anton Chuvakin, John Pirc and Richard Stiennon where we will discuss the recent Sony PlayStation Network security breach. Topics will include:• Sony is now implementing new security measures; should these have been in place all along?• What does Sony need to do to restore confidence in their network ...
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04 Feb 2011
I’m quoted in today’s Wall Street Journal, p. B9
Joe Mullich, a writer for the @WSJ, has put together some great stories on cybercrime and data breaches in Marketplace (section B) today. My contribution is on smartphone security and it's located on page B9 at the end of the piece titled "A Surge of Smishes - Workers' laxness opens door to smartphone data theft".Also check out the piece on TigerText (the secret texting app) on page B11. Cool stuff....
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03 Feb 2011
Check out tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal @wsj
I'm being featured in a piece on #smartphones and mobile security in tomorrow's Wall Street Journal. More to come soon......
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