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12 May 2011Amazon’s cloud outage, big deal…?
Here's a great piece from my colleague Jonathan Feldman on why Amazon's recent outage is irrelevant. It reminds me of my what I've always preached: if it's got an IP address, a URL or human beings involved, it's fair game. Something's going to happen eventually.It's our job to help our businesses/clients to be able to respond appropriately and minimize the impact when something does occur. You've gotta have a fall ...
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12 May 2011
Some tips for balancing work and play
There's an old saying "Play as hard as you work" that I strive to live by. I've discovered that balancing work and personal time is one of the hardest - yet most important - things you can do as a human being. I found this to be doubly true after losing my mom to cancer last year and nearly losing my father to a heart attack this year.If you're looking ...
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11 May 2011
The new IT skill you *must* develop
Yesterday I had lunch with some colleagues who are lawyers that focus their work in/around compliance, intellectual property and cloud computing. It was neat to hear their perspective on where things are headed in IT. We came to the conclusion that IT professionals are going to have to learn as much as they can about the legal side of what we do.I'm not talking compliance in general but also contracts, ...
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04 May 2011
From culture to products to malware to breaches – where do you stand?
Here are some new opinion pieces on information security management that I wrote for Security Technology Executive magazine that you may be interested in:Don’t end up on the wrong side of a data breachFighting the malware fight all over again9 good reasons not to buy information security productsSecurity best practices without question?How's your security culture?Enjoy!As always, be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for links to all of my information security ...
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04 May 2011
SecureWorld Expo better than ever
I attended this week's SecureWorld Expo in Atlanta and must say that the show is better now than ever before. I cut my professional speaking teeth with these guys speaking at dozens of their events between 2003 and 2007. I've taken some time off since but going back and seeing some of the same friendly faces brought back good memories.The best session I attended was William Hugh Murray's keynote on ...
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03 May 2011
My security speaking engagement this week
Today I'm prepping and practicing for my Predictive Security event with TechTarget and CDW in Los Angeles this week. Really psyched about the show and visiting LA - I've never been.How I feel reminds me of the following quote from Whit Hobbs:"Success is waking up in the morning and bounding out of bed because there's something out there that you love to do, that you believe in, that you're good ...
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29 Apr 2011
Nikon Image Authentication vulnerability
The fine folks at @Elcomsoft have discovered yet another security flaw in digital cameras. First it was Canon. This time it's Nikon - specifically Nikon's Image Authentication Software.Elcomsoft researchers found that the way the secure image signing key is being handled in the camera is flawed. This allowed them to extract the original signing key and then produce manipulated images that appear to be legit. I could see this being ...
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28 Apr 2011
The mobile device free-for-all dilemma
From @ECIOForum, can you envision enterprises giving workers any desktop or mobile device they want to do their jobs?I think an important follow-up question is: does it really matter?People are going to do what they're going to do. Those of us in IT and infosec can scream No, No, No this or that mobile devices on the network at the top of our lungs; until eternity...But you know what? People ...
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27 Apr 2011
Novell, Utah and the Libertarian Party
Some new news out today was about Novell completing its sale to Attachmate. Wow, the end of an era...Novell really does have a special place in my heart - NetWare was the first network operating system I learned, way back in the version 2.15c days. Anyone remember those? Then I moved on to v2.2, 3.12, 4.0 and then 4.1. I obtained my first IT certification - the CNE - that ...
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26 Apr 2011
What’s this “firewall” you speak of??
It seems that #firewalls are making a comeback. Of course, I felt compelled to throw in my two cents worth so here are some new pieces I wrote for the fine folks at SearchNetworking.com on firewalls and firewall management:Firewall change management and automation can curb human errorDo Web application firewalls complicate enterprise security strategy?Planning a virtualization firewall strategyEnjoy!As always, be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for links to all of ...
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I’ve written/co-written 12 books on information security including:
