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25 Apr 2011The positive side of infosec
"Have you ever, even once, stopped to marvel at just how often things go right? It's amazing." -Richard CarlsonWith all of the smack talk and negative approaches so many of us (myself included) take regarding IT and information security, this'll make you realize that it's not all bad. I we could all benefit from stopping to smell the roses and seeing the bright side of our field every now and ...
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24 Apr 2011
Tidbits on enterprise mobile security
Here are some recent pieces I wrote for SearchEnterpriseDesktop.com on the subject of mobile security that you may be interested in:Securing the new desktop: enterprise mobile devicesSecurity tools that can boost Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 securityWhole disk encryption gotchas to look out forEnjoy!As always, be sure to check out www.principlelogic.com/resources.html for all of my information security articles, whitepapers, podcasts, webcasts and more....
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21 Apr 2011
Amazon’s cloud outage – does it change your perception of the cloud?
Everyone (okay, many; especially the vendor marketing types) keeps swearing by the "cloud"...and then Amazon's EC2 goes down today. How does that affect how you view the cloud?I've been a skeptic and I'm still a skeptic...beware the cloud bandwagon....
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20 Apr 2011
Holy Cow: Police seizing info from phones during traffic stops
Here's some big time scary stuff personally and something that'll no doubt lead to big time security problems for the enterprise. Michigan State Police are copying data off of smartphones during minor traffic stops using the Cellebrite Universal Forensics Extraction Device. Images, address books, files, whatever...it's now fair game for the police (Gestapo?) in Michigan to take whatever whenever.Is this government out of control or what!?I know we've all but ...
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20 Apr 2011
Legalese in email footers is useless
Ever get annoyed by those email footers telling you what you can or cannot do with the email you just received? Yeah, me too. Here's an interesting bit from Consumer Reports that talks about how those legal disclaimers in email footers may be legally useless.It's funny, every time I see them (they're in about 60-70% of the non-spam emails I recieve) I think it's yet another representation of the American ...
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19 Apr 2011
Learning is a choice
"If your intent is to learn, you almost always do learn." - Richard CarlsonLike when we see what we want to see, we learn what we want to learn. This is important for our careers in IT and infosec but also provides a great way for us to become better people....
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19 Apr 2011
Coffee shop laptop thefts in Atlanta a good reminder
Here's a good reason why you need to remind your employees of the risks of using laptops in coffee shops and other public places. Once the thief has it, it's all over...unless of course a brave (stupid?) coffee shop employee comes to your rescue.A good rule of thumb is if you're setting up shop for a while then use a laptop lock to secure the system to the table. Most ...
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18 Apr 2011
From each according to his ability to each according to his need
I thought this Marxist/Obama philosophy was very fitting for our symbolic day today here in the U.S. The general belief that the government should decide what the people need is what's driving our country...and the world. And we wonder why we can't get out of this economic mess! The reality is that the economy cannot be taxed into prosperity but that's what the politicians want to make us believe...especially if ...
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15 Apr 2011
Be wary of the well-certified IT pro
You may have read that Gartner projects IT spending to increase in 2011. It's great news that may lead to hiring new staff or at least new consultants for your IT and information security projects....Just proceed with caution and don't fall for the "I'm certified therefore I'm all you need" persona that's rampant in our industry.There are a lot of people out there looking for work - many of which ...
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12 Apr 2011
Have no fear and be free
"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed." -BuddhaThis is great for personal power, personal responsibility and, of course, information security - just be careful with that "reject all help" bit. ;)...
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