Last year I had some cartoons calling out BS where BS prevailed. The cartoons are still up although I let the domain expire. There were quite a few “that’s hilarious” “or spot on” and quite a few “You’re an ass (from people who were probably uncomfortably close to the topic).
A few people are asking for [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Bring Back Security Bullshit?
January 30, 2008Why Risk Management is Like Eating Lettuce
January 30, 2008On Sundays it’s a British tradition to wake up with a hangover, get a copy of the Sunday Times and watch the morning politics shows on the beeb. This Sunday past was traditional for me. Data breaches and privacy are hot political topics in the UK after the national fiasco overseen by Alistair Darling. I [...]
Express Certifications
January 26, 2008Security Friend Mano Paul (ex Security Strategist at Dell) set up a company doing online security certifications.
The Site is here and a 10% discount is here!
MSFT Results
January 25, 2008In case you aren’t a part of the “belly of the beast” or don’t regularly read financial results, we (MSFT) just posted a stellar quarter.
Compared to the year ago period, these figures represent growth of 30%, 87% and 92% for revenue, operating income and diluted earnings per share, respectively.
Listen to the Webcast
The New Rogue Trader
January 25, 2008In a former life I designed and installed some two factor Authn and cyrpto systems for ING Barings (home of the first rogue trader Nick Leeson) in the 90’s. Let me tell you that no single FX or Options trader can run up 7 billion of debts without serious collusion. Watch this space! This story [...]
Sod the XBox, We’re Playing Chess
January 25, 2008Jack’s joined the Chess Club at school (Hana is doing Ballet this term) and tonight instead of a Friday our usual Halo 3 or Forzza “special treat” on the XBox 360 for good weekly school reports, we got to play chess in front of an open fire. Sheer bliss; especially as I pulled out some [...]
Hello SecureWorld
January 25, 2008Virtual labs, Videos and more
http://www.microsoft.com/click/hellosecureworld/default.mspx
Experience is No Substitute for Clairvoyance
January 20, 2008I have been blogging for a while (just over a year). If 50% of Microsoft employees have been with the company for less than four years I am 3.5 years from a Microsoftie veteran.
I have also watched year on year as people predict the “Year of the PKI” (late 90’s), “Year of IDS”, “The [...]
No End on Sight
January 19, 2008No End in Sight. Available via 4OD tomorrow.
The Downside of Perfection
January 19, 2008 Seth Godin has a great post about the problems of being perfect. Security is ‘a-perfect’. People only moan when things are imperfect, not when it’s good.
As the quality of things go up, and competition increases, it’s so easy to sell people on perfect. But perfect rarely leads to great word of mouth, merely because [...]
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