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09 Dec 2010The WikiLeaks lack of security responsibility & mental disorder connection
Last week I wrote out some talking points in preparation for a TV interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the WikiLeaks issue and what businesses can do to keep their information secure. At the last minute they ended up not doing the segment so I thought I'd post my perspective here:The leaks are not the problem – it’s the choices and all the events to lead to information being ...
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06 Dec 2010
Unbelievable #s in the new Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Study
I spent last Thursday in San Francisco at a press briefing held by Intel's Anti-Theft Technology group regarding the new Ponemon Institute Billion Dollar Lost Laptop Study. Larry Ponemon's study found that businesses are losing billions of dollars through lost and stolen laptops - something I wrote about three years ago...and a problem that's been around even longer.Malcolm Harkins (Intel's CISO), Anand Pashupathy (GM of Intel's Anti-Theft Services), Larry Ponemon ...
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26 Mar 2010
Why the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer
Contrary to what Senator Max Baucus (Democrat) recently said about the forthcoming healthcare deform that's being forced upon us:“Too often, much of late, the last couple three years the mal-distribution of income in America is gone up way too much, the wealthy are getting way, way too wealthy, and the middle income class is left behind. Wages have not kept up with increased income of the highest income in America. ...
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26 Mar 2010
I do not like it Uncle Sam
Here's a good one going around the Internet that I just love:I do not like it Uncle Sam, I do not like it Sam I am. I do not like these dirty crooks, I do not like how they cook books. I do not like when Congress steals, I do not like their secret deals. I do not like this Speaker Nan, I do not like this 'YES WE CAN'! ...
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22 Mar 2010
Our power of choice has been stripped
No need for us to think any more. Here's a great excerpt from a WSJ piece that underscores the issue:"In our world of infinite wants but finite resources, there are only two ways to allocate any good or service: either through prices and the choices of millions of individuals, or through central government planning and political discretion."You hear me say a lot that those in control of information security have ...
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22 Mar 2010
A sincere “Thanks!”
Frederic Bastiat once said "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." In the same spirit, I want to send out a sincere and heartfelt Thanks! to all my fellow Americans who voted for "Hope" and "Change" putting a Marxist-loving ...
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11 Mar 2010
Trouble getting policy buy-in? Make ’em self-executing.
If you're having trouble getting security policies on the radar of management and users - much less getting the real buy-in you need, don't fret - there is a possible solution.It's an idea I got from Louise Slaughter (good name for a politician) and her attempt to force Obamacare on us. Simply make your policies "self-executing". In other words, you write the policies and include verbiage in each one that ...
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23 Dec 2009
My latest security content (finally!)
I can't believe it's been this long! I've been so busy writing and haven't made the time to post my links. No excuses. Anyway, here's my latest information security content - some good stuff on politics and careers that can help you get off to a nice start in 2010.Networking with the bigwigs to gain support for ITDos and don'ts when serving on an IT committeeFive things you need to ...
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05 Oct 2009
My latest security content
Here's my latest information security content. Enjoy!Are you earning what you're worth in information security?Understanding the politics of information securityBe sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for all of my information security articles, podcasts, webcasts, screencasts, Twitter updates, and more....
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