Highlights

Does Brand Matter in Security?

My buddy George at InformationWeek suggests that security breaches have negative impact on the brand. The notion of a “brand” is something I find very interesting wrt security, if only that I have heard many, many times from security folks…

Will Schneier pull a Krugman?

I had just finished reading Bruce Schneier’s blog post “Security in 2020” when further review of blogs I follow pointed me to Chris Alden’s post “Julian Simon, and Paul Krugman, Remembered.” Alden’s post reminisced about a 1998 issue of his…

To Infinity… and Beyond! The security edition…

In security, annual recaps and predictions are often depressing and not particularly insightful. Let’s face it — it isn’t difficult to assert that there will be more nation-state involvement in increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks against foreign and domestic targets, all…

Fake Users Proliferating?

The issue of fake Internet users has been around for as long as the Internet, but it sure seems like they are really starting to proliferate. In the age of social networks and collaboration, this can be a real problem.…

Are We Ready for This?

While this is not surprising, it is certainly unsettling: From the AVG Blog: Here is what we’ve found: 1 – The average age at which a child acquires an online presence courtesy of their parents is at six months, and…