Archive for the 'information security' Category

The LK and LaxSane Show

June 25, 2008

One of my best friends used to do a podcast with another pom in Australia.
http://web.mac.com/tjwsmith/LS/Podcast/Podcast.html
 
LK stands for Lanky Kunt and LaxSane is an anagram that I’ll let you figure out!
 
Get it straight to our iPod via iTunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=283821587
 
Warning; Don’t bother if you are easily offended or think I have polite friends. This will [...]

Black Kids, Lesbians from Arkansas and a Swedish Bloke who plays guitar

June 7, 2008

http://www.myspace.com/blackkidsrock
All I need to rock my iPod these days is Black Kids,  Beth Ditto (doing the Skins classic (stay with the intro, trust me)) and I can drive home from the airport after a 12 hour flight and just feel alive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFExJzaO1c
Throw in some Jose Gonsalez and the Audi TT purrs like a true [...]

Checklists Are Not For Dummies, Dummy!

May 24, 2008

At the OWASP Conference in Belgium this week I had a slide about checklists.

This is the story behind the slide. My boss at Microsoft has a friend who is a pilot. He did his pre-take-off checklist and was cleared to taxi onto the runway by air traffic control. He consulted his checklist one [...]

Born Brave?

May 14, 2008

How familiar is this?

The Six Dumbest Ideas in Computer Security

April 19, 2008

Really good read by Marcus Ranum

"I Have Been Expecting You Two"

April 13, 2008

This week I get to see two new babies. It’s going to be a superb week.
First up (and obviously by far  the most important) my wife is pregnant again and this week we are going for the first scan. This will be the first of our kids born in the UK. In October I am [...]

United Web Apps on All Devices?

March 6, 2008

That’s right, its the Mesh. Security implications galore…..I hope there will be some amazing security SOA folks developing these apps.

The Internet Undersea World

February 7, 2008

Conspiracy Theories abound but the fact is that the physical map is pretty cool and puts things in perspective.

(Click to open full size picture)
Thanks to Simon for mailing this.

Why Risk Management is Like Eating Lettuce

January 30, 2008

On 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, 2008

Security 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!