Israeli software innovation
Saw this item on the Israeli Export Institute Web site – unfortunately the article quoted on redorbit.com doesn’t exist anymore. Someone didn’t pay their advertising bill? As a special tribute to the Israeli software industry, while the state of Israeli celebrates its 60th anniversary, the redorbit.com website sums up some of the major achievements of […]
Myths, Bugs, and Ephemeral Limitations
Pop quiz – what is the limit on a HTTP GET request or HTTP PUT request? Does it have to do with the server/browser or RFC2086? Check this
Security metrics anti-design patterns
I’ve been thinking recently about how most of our clients don’t collect security metrics. Then I got thinking about how there are anti-design patterns that typify firms with a higher level of vulnerability to a major data loss event. Running security is not different from running a business – you have assets and threats, vulnerabilities […]
German homeland security
I am on an email distribution list from the Israeli Export Institute for Israeli software and security companies. The Export Institute is organizing an event for Protecting Critical Infrastructure – the event is slated to take place Brandenburg, in Berlin-Schönefeld, 18 – 20 May 2009. I liked the use of standard security market-speak to describe the opportunity […]
Eating your own dog food
People often ask me to help them find jobs.Often, the answer is that it’s time to go out on your own, start a new career in a non-technology field, doing something you love and do well. But sometimes, I suggest improving interview skills in order to improve the chances of getting hired. After having given […]
Digital Terrestrial TV in Japan
A year ago, I worked with Joel Isaacson on a VOD / IPTV project – and I’m still pretty interested in whats happening in digital media – especially since we got to say “I told you so”. (we predicted the death of Blu-Ray and the rise of video download two years ago). This note is from […]
A buyer’s guide to network DLP
My friend David Etue, who is VP Product Management over at Fidelis Security Systems has been writing a work in progress over the past couple years called A buyer’s guide to network DLP As David writes – Network data leakage prevention (network DLP) is the process of stopping the unauthorized disclosure of digital assets out […]
People should be very frightened of the FSA
Fear is a good deterrent for individuals – but, will it work for large corporations? I don’t know, but for sure the UK FSA believes in fear. Financial Services Authority (FSA) chief executive Hector Sants pledged in a confrontational speech last week that the UK regulator would be far more “intrusive and direct” in its […]
Using threat modeling to select and justify security purchases
Hot humint straight in from the field of data security. I don’t have Symantec’s marketing budget and head count or Gartner reports telling me that enterprise concerns about high impact data loss events are up. By my clients, data security awareness is up, but budgets are down and out. I think that vendors with strong […]
Facebook-the wisdom of crowds is the security of crowds
Facebook management are correct in their policy of not vetting applications and letting the wisdom of crowds become the security of crowds. The best security countermeasure is a lot of eyeballs and 3 people tackling a terrorist in an airplane is the cheapest and most effective anti-terrorism measure. Fifteen years ago when I worked at […]
