Securosis Blog

Reminder: SunSec Is THIS Wednesday

Rich · February 4, 2008

Per requests from a few people, and no one has complained about the move yet. 6 PM at Furio in Old Town Scottsdale.

This week’s question in our Ask Securosis series moves past a technology question into the realm of management and statistical research.

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.

SunSec- Next Week!

Rich · January 31, 2008

I got a few emails from people asking to push SunSec up to next week due to upcoming travel, conferences, and training.

Watch A Replay Of My DLP Webcast

Rich · January 31, 2008

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.

Latest Network Security Podcast Up

Rich · January 30, 2008

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.