Is security dead on the Internet? Yeah, it probably is—as long as we rely on software other people have written[1]. Unless you’re capable of writing all of your own software, without any errors, and ke … [Read more...]
It’s the User, Stupid (It’s the Stupid User?)
In The Curious Case of the Invulnerable Browser, Roger Grimes of Infoworld writes about the recent CanSecWest 2009 PWN2OWN contest where hackers pitted their skills against web browsers to see how … [Read more...]
Slicing up the Cloud
Cloud Computing- it's a relatively new term for a relatively old concept. For at least six months now I've been thinking about two inevitabilities: 1) that my servers will fail some day soon; and 2) … [Read more...]
Let’s be Clear About This – Lots more Laptops will be Stolen
The Clear program at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) has suffered an almost-predictable blow - a stolen laptop computer containing confidential records. Clear is the program that … [Read more...]
What was that TSA guy doing with my driver’s license?
I boarded a plane at a small regional airport two weeks ago. And noticed some new and unusual behavior by the TSA screener at the security checkpoint. After I walked thru the metal detector, he … [Read more...]