Archive for the 'Security Blogs' Category

Generating a Security Code Review Checklist in Outlook 2007

January 17, 2008

My colleague and legendary Hummus eater Alik Levin (that’s my plate at lunchtime today but rumours are that he once ate two) has written an excellent post about how to use the Guidance Explorer to generate a checklist while performing security code reviews.
His first post on his personal blog is here and a more comprehensive [...]

Why Nice Work Environments Inspire Creativity

October 21, 2007

Sure I am drinking the Microsoft “eau de vie” so don’t waste your time pointing out the obvious to me. Can’t a man still get excited by toys and life? Look for a long blog post from me on Mon - Tuesday with sneak previews (screen shots) of some software security tools and stuff I [...]

Curphey and SourceClear Turn Blue!

September 18, 2007

I am extremely pleased to being able to announce that the SourceClear software (Oxygen Security Platform and the Security Life applications) will now be built at Microsoft and that I will be joining  as a full-time employee heading up the ACE Services group in Europe and product managing the software. Many people often start these [...]

The Long Tail of Information Security (Part 1)

August 4, 2007

 
I have just finished reading the Long Tail by Chris Anderson (editor of Wired). It is brilliant and the best book I have read in several years. Its in the same class as Freakonomics and The Tipping Point.  I highly recommend anyone who reads my blog reads the Long Tail if they haven’t already done [...]

Phishme.com - These Guys Are Good!

June 27, 2007

Aaron, Rohyt and Corey are just fantastic blokes and super-smart. Their blog will be entertaining and informing, I promise you! Higbee is the guy who did the Dreamcast phone home stuff at Black hat way back.
http://blog.phishme.com/

The Best Career Advice in Ages

June 25, 2007

A must read blog post full of home truths.

ISM RA Methodology

June 22, 2007

Michael 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
 
 

My New Fav Blogger Dismisses Web 2.0

June 21, 2007

And 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!

Security Linkup Beta 0.2 Now Deployed

June 19, 2007

Security LinkUp Beta 0.2 is now deployed at
http://www.securitylinkup.com

This is 100% free, no ads and no catches. Even the code is released under an MIT license and the placeholder EULA will go in the next release with the most simple possible I can get away with (”Dont sue me or do anything naughty and its your [...]

3 Reasons Why Privacy is a Hot Topic For Me This Week

April 25, 2007

Firstly we had to write a privacy policy for the upcoming SourceClear.com web site. I must be honest and say that until now I haven’t had much of an appetite for the topic. If you grow up in the UK with speeding cameras everywhere, city cameras on every corner and even cameras in the toilets [...]