What is the best project management software for a startup
Somehow I got roped into a thread on Quora and noticed this item http://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-online-project-management-software-for-a-startup Lots of people shilling their Web 2.0 SaaS services for project management but at the end of the day, you have to ask why a startup even needs project management software. I’ve been thru a few startups either as founder or CTO […]
The Microsoft monoculture as a threat to national security
This is probably a topic for a much longer essay, but after two design reviews this week with medical device vendor clients on software security issues, I decided to put some thoughts in a blog post. Almost 8 years ago, Dan Geer, Rebecca Bace,Peter Gutmann, Perry Metzger, Charles Pfleeger, John Quarterman and Bruce Schneier wrote a […]
Medical device security in a hospital network
Medical devices are everywhere today. In your doctors office measuring your blood pressure, at your cosmetician (for hip reduction…) and in the hospital for everything from patient monitoring to robot-assisted surgery. The people that develop embedded medical devices based on Intel platforms know that Windows is vulnerable. Lacking embedded Linux know-how, medical device developers often […]
Customer security with software security
If you are an IT person, this article may be a waste of your time. But – if you are in the business of making and delivering products with software inside – read on. What threats really count for your business? No question is more important for implementing an effective security and compliance program for your […]
Designing a data security system
User-Driven Design versus User-Centered design Alan Cooper, in his book The Inmates are Running the Asylum, draws a distinction between user-centered design and user-driven design. User-driven design is about collecting, prioritizing and implementing a system to the user requirements – we’ve all been seen software development projects where the requirements spiraled out of control and […]
