Mark Curphey here…(@curphey on Twitter)
A few months ago I got an opportunity to work on a collaborative security book for O’Reilly called Beautiful Security. The concept was to gather together some folks who to share their thoughts on information security topics that they have some passion about. There is a great range of authors from [...]
Archive for the 'information security' Category
Free PDF Download of “Beautiful Security” Chapter (Tomorrows Security Cogs and Levers) Here
June 22, 2009Gem of a Security Post
June 15, 2009I think I am going to rename this blog “Stuff that doesn’t fit into 140 chars” (stolen from Chris Anderson). I am mainly posting on Twitter these days, you can follow me here www.twitter.com/curphey .
I am not sure how I missed this absolute gem of a blog post but I did. It’s a great read [...]
Ray Kurzweil – Singularity University From Ted 2009
June 4, 2009Ray Kurzweil’s latest graphs show that technology’s breakneck advances will only accelerate — recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity. (Recorded at TED University 2009, February 2009, in Long Beach, California. Duration: 8:42)
Brilliant stuff!
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/558
Want a Free Copy of Beautiful Security?
June 4, 2009 Follow me on Twitter using @curphey
I will send a one free copy of a book that I recently contributed to called Beautiful Security (published by O’Reilly) to the lucky winner of a simple competition. Here is how to play.
Post a message on Twitter to @curphey with the hashtag #beautifulsecurity and the message “I [...]
Bing and Decide…
June 3, 2009Beautiful Security
May 11, 2009I have just got a few copies of Beautiful Security though the mail. Always nice to see your name on the cover of a book and your work in print.
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527488/
Caved to the pressure and got a Twitter account……
May 4, 2009http://www.twitter.com/curphey
Experiment only!
S = ƒ ( ___ )
April 24, 2009S = ƒ(°WFF)
Degrees of Warm Fuzzy Feeling
S=f(p,d)+Rn
(Prayer, Denial) + Number of Days till Retirement
S=f(n)
Where n is the number of security guys you know
S=f(1/n)
Where n is the number of security standards documents you have read
S = ƒ(#B*#FCA)
Number of people you can blame multiplied by the number of friends you have that can cover your back-side
S [...]
Risk Management Software
March 19, 2009http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DilbertDailyStrip/~3/rcqqB4y-Bx4/
The Future : Regulation is Futile – Market Forces Will Prevail
April 28, 200939,000 ft over yet another ocean ……
I just watched an old Bill Joy talk from Ted 2006 via iTunes. Two key paraphrases struck me as prophetic.
“You can’t regulate the problem away”
“What we need is better networks”
In 2005 I did a series of public speaking events using a theme Naked security in which I stripped [...]
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