What prevents breaches: process, technology or people? One answer is PC, and one is right.
Many experts say that people are more important than process in the IT security world. That is politically correct, as opposed to actually correct.
Many experts say that people are more important than process in the IT security world. That is politically correct, as opposed to actually correct.
Just when the world seems ready to listen to us, we give it a display of epic bickering.
The game is getting its players off the couch, which already wasn’t safe from the bad guys.
Apple is trying to position itself as a staunch defender of citizens’ privacy. But when you extend its arguments to their logical conclusion, it comes out looking like the company is incapable of protecting its secrets.
The truth behind the hype and misunderstandings surrounding the case.
Sometimes I wonder whether any company will ever fall victim to an unsophisticated cyberattack. Because after every attack that comes to light, we hear that same excuse: It was a sophisticated attack.
Maybe I should be outraged by Sony's decision not to distribute the movie <em>The Interview</em>, but I am merely saddened by it. I am saddened that a hacking incident with all the hallmarks of a simple case of extortion has been distorted so it looks like a terrorist threat.
The storyline that a single point of failure allowed a sophisticated attacker to steal millions of card numbers from Target just doesn't hold up.
The outrage is more about media hype, hypocrisy and grandstanding than firm principles.
You will never be secure if you labor under the delusion of privacy.
When security professionals see stupidity all around them, shouldn't they ask themselves whether it's their own precautions that are lacking?
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When researchers uncovered a back door in a MILSPEC chip, the reports all seemed to imply that it was no big deal.
The desire to be cool and embrace new technologies definitely overtook the desire to be safe with the very buzzy mobile, location-based apps on view at South by Southwest this year . You've got to love a smartphone app that broadcasts all sorts of information about you -- your likes, your age, your job -- to everyone within sight who has the same app. Because it reduces friction, right? It makes it easier to meet that good-looking guy or girl right over there who shares your love of kiteboarding and Gorillaz. You can cut down lame conversations about things you have no interest in at all.
Much outrage has been expressed about Google's new privacy policy. People are acting as if they are shocked that Google would consolidate the personal information it gathers from its customers through all of its varied services. What is shocking to me is that none of these people, including members of Congress, seemed to see it coming.