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Archive for June, 2007
The Best Career Advice in Ages
June 25, 2007The Tim O’Reilly Book Publishing Metrics Executive Dashboard
June 25, 2007I like dashboards, more importantly I love the potential for information security management in them. The O’Reilly Information Dashboard Design book is simply superb and so I was intrigued when I saw this example come across the Dashboard Spy this weekend.
I have a nice little collection of security dashboards I will publish soon. Let me re-phrase that; I [...]
The Oldest Parliament in the World
June 23, 2007If you, like me (in this very modern day and age) setup Google alerts for news of public activity relating to your surname; you will know that there actually is a world well beyond your immediate perspective (like information security). I for instance am always inundated by news alerts about old autopsy findings, things happening in Jamaica, a bunch [...]
Something for the Weekend - Wars and Wood
June 22, 2007I learnt a few interesting facts today. Nothing whatsoever to do with information security(well not really).
In France most of the lumberyards these days have a ready supply of Douglas Fir. This is because after the second world war Canada gave France billions of saplings to rebuild the countryside after the devastating bombing and 70 years later [...]
ISM RA Methodology
June 22, 2007Michael Smith is looking for additional runners and riders here.
PS If you don’t read his blog I 100% recommend it.
http://www.guerilla-ciso.com
Quotes of the Month
June 21, 2007A persons value is directly proportional to the amount of opportunities he/she has.
If you are going to sail on the Titanic, you might as well go first class.
Sources: I am told the first originated with Captain Black (now living in a log cabin in New Zealand) but passed on to me by Mr Christian in [...]
My New Fav Blogger Dismisses Web 2.0
June 21, 2007And dishes out lots of brilliant commentary and startup advice .
http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/why_theres_no_s.html
I was going to write “Now I have wasted an hour an a half reading all his stuff from pixel to pixel and I need to get back to work”…but it was far from wasted!
What Can The Security Industry Learn From FaceBook?
June 21, 2007Every morning I come up to my office with cup of tea. I review my RSS, email and check the BBC News.
This morning I read this evaluation of the Facebook platform by Marcus Andreesson. It was the intro that caught my attention.
Definitionally, a “platform” is a system that can be reprogrammed and therefore customized [...]
Open Source Security Business Models
June 19, 2007I have been having some interesting private discussions with friends over the last few days about the virtues of open source software development. I will say up front I have long been a skeptic.
Larry Augustin has been following the amount of VC money being invested in OS software companies. It shows an interesting story.
2004
$298MM
36 [...]
Watchfire and SPI Sold - What Will Happen to the Others?
June 19, 2007With Watchfire sold to IBM and now SPI Dynamics sold to HP on Monday I wonder what will happen to the source code scanning market. I am sure IBM would like a code scanning tool to embed into Eclipse / Websphere and surely MSFT will integrate something more than FX Cop eventually. Will we see a [...]
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