For my final vacation post, I have to turn to my friend again for inspiration. We were out to lunch and he noticed that I appeared to be gazing, which I tend to do when I am thinking. "OK, what's on ... More >
In my last post, I noted that I was away on vacation. It's sandy, hot, humid. Did I mention sandy? In keeping with my vacation theme, I met up with an old friend. He is the lead IT person at a small ... More >
I am on vacation this week, taking in the sun and the sand on a very nice beach along the east coast. Of course, one of the first things I did when I arrived was to check out the connectivity to the ... More >
A small school district in Pennsylvania was recently the victim of a cyber attack. While there is nothing unusual about another cyber attack story, what I did find interesting about the story was th... More >
On the surface, asking why we have security might seem like a really dumb question, but humor me and answer it. Did you answer, because you are required to have it from a compliance perspectiv... More >
I have always been intrigued by companies that outsource their IT security function. To me, it's like giving away the keys to the kingdom. But, like anything else, you can easily make an argument for... More >
A recent report completed by Nemertes Research has confirmed what security professionals have known for a while - it's a good time to work in the IT security field. The report, titled "Spring 2009... More >
One character can hold a lot of power; within a word, you can change "book" into "boot" or "wash" into "wish." Microsoft learned the lesson of what just one character could do when it was told that a... More >
I don't write a lot about application security because, quite frankly, I am more of an infrastructure techie today. However, at one time I was an application coder so I do understand its importance... More >
Researchers from iSec Partners have pointed out a possible flaw with cloud computing, just in case we need another. The researchers have described a situation in which there might not be enough rand... More >
No not McDonalds, Firefox users. That's right, Firefox is claiming its 1 billionth download. Now, this does not mean that there are 1 billion separate users. It simply means that there were 1 billi... More >

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