Archive for October, 2007

The Long Tail of FaceBook Apps

October 9, 2007

Tim O’Reilly reports that of the more than 5,000 Facebook apps available today, only 84 account for nearly 90 percent of all the usage.
 

Patterns and Practices for New Hires

October 9, 2007

Simply a must read

My Wife Met the All Blacks

October 8, 2007

Taken at the All Blacks vs Romania game on Toulouse

Reflections of My First Week at Microsoft

October 8, 2007

I am fully aware that this post may sound like I am drinking the “kool aid” but lots of people have been e-mailing me asking what it’s like to work at Microsoft so I thought I would jot some notes on the blog. I am actually crying into my coffee at Amsterdam airport waiting for a [...]

The Security Genome Revisited

October 2, 2007

Dave Aitel quoted my Security Genome post on his Daily Dave mailing list and wrote;
I would posit that no good hacker works alone. The question should be “What makes good teams better than average teams?”.
He’s right of course. I was barely touching the surface of the scope of things I would like to explore with access [...]

Software Security Budgets

October 2, 2007

Markus Schumacher poses an interesting question on his blog. How much money from the development budget should be spent on security? and then goes on to suggest 2%. Markus is a clearly a smart cookie. Many people might have asked a similar sounding but very different question, namely “How much of the security budget should [...]

Notes from Helsinki

October 2, 2007

When you have a choice between Reindeer steak or Beef steak on your menu you know you are in Finland! I like Finland, it’s great. Really nice people and a lovely coastal environment. At this time of year for someone who still live in the South of France it is a little cold!
I [...]

How to Write Insecure Code

October 2, 2007

Who said security can’t be funny? This humorous article by Jeff Williams made me chuckle.