It’s no surprise that I’m a big fan of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Initiative- something I was skeptical of when it was first announced. MS proved me wrong, and years later we’ve seen a very positive impact. Vulnerabilities are down, response times are up, and products ship in more secure configurations. Yes, they still screw up every now and then, but it’s overall been a huge improvement. Just because I don’t like to use Vista doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate all the security work that…
Securosis is in possession of damning documentation that proves, without a doubt, that John Moltz of Crazy Apple Rumors has taken control of all Macs through his ingenious use of the, “woe is me, I lost my funding, come to my site and cry your goodbyes” scam.
Last week I gave a webinar on database security for ZDNet, sponsored by Oracle. We had an exceptionally good turnout and ran a couple of polls during the session.
I got a few emails from people asking to push SunSec up to next week due to upcoming travel, conferences, and training.
Websense posted a replay link for my webcast on DLP.
Here ya go…
While I sometimes get annoyed with various security technologies, there are very few I consider to be complete snake oil.
Dark Reading just posted my column for this month, entitled, “11 Truths We Hate To Admit”. Due to a miscommunication with my editor it reads as if I still live in Boulder, Colorado. I’m really down in Phoenix, but spent most of my adult life in Boulder.
While I was traveling home, Martin posted the latest episode of the Network Security Podcast. Our guests this week are Marcin and Andre from http://www.tssci-security.com/. We spend most of the episode talking about web application security issues.
If any of you are involved with the Open Group, I’ll be giving a presentation at the Forum tomorrow in San Francisco. The topic ias:
Once upon a time, an evil virus struck the land. But the people were prepared, and they stopped the virus before too many became sick… or so they thought. The virus really learned to hide, finding a home among wayward travelers outside the gates of the city. Weeks later these travelers returned home and unknowingly infected the cities. And weeks after that the next wave of travelers came to the cities, and more were infected. And then some scientists said, “Enough! No more will we let our…