March 2008 Archives

I have to admit, I hate Mondays pretty fierce, but Mondays after a vacation are just the worst. Yep, all last week I was having a blast with my family down in Cancun, Mexico, which makes me wonder why ebizQ... Read More..

It seems that the security industry is at an interesting juncture, as it's been around long enough to have frightened pretty much everyone, and like anyone or anything that tries to play on your fears too long, it becomes downright... Read More..

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Just wanted to make sure my readers were aware that the internet content security company, Trend Micro, fell victim to a massive Web attack last week. According to CSO online, the attack happened last Thursday and more than 20,000 pages... Read More..

I hate to say it, but the way things are lining up, it's almost a certainty that things are going to get worse before they get better. And this comes at a time when almost anyone you ask on the... Read More..

While it might be tempting, when faced with all the complexities and costs of security solutions, for a small to medium sized company to just look the other way when it comes to security, to just keep thinking that that's... Read More..

Just trying to finish up the list that I started two blogs ago (the first part is right here). So, continuing with the list of the top five insider threats and how to avoid them: 4) The information leak --... Read More..

Regular readers of this blog know that sometimes I counter-program, i.e. I get a little off the security topic, as my previous ten year life as a New York City humor writer refuses to stay combed down. On that note,... Read More..

The US Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert) recently estimated that 40 percent of all security breaches happen from the inside, while another study estimated that 90 of computer crimes are committed by employees of the company. And if that person... Read More..

There are a lot of very interesting quotes on the recently published transcript from ebizQ's SOA Security roundtable, which you can find here. The following quote is from Gunnar Peterson: ...security is really pretty much always going to be behind... Read More..

According to a survey by 3,500 hundred technology professionals in North America issued by CompTIA, there's a big gap between the security skills organizations are searching for and the actual skills the workers have. Isn't that sorta like hiring batman,... Read More..

Moody, well known for rating companies' credit risk, has undertaken an initiative to start rating various vendors security risk. This is intended to take the place of the often exhausting (for both the company and the vendor) and incomplete efforts... Read More..

My blog yesterday on the necessity of security, along with a recent forward I got from a friend about predictions for the next 100 years done in 1900, really has me thinking about the future of security. Of course, I... Read More..

The reason for the somewhat nonsensical title to today's blog is it's a response to some commentary on Wired by Bruce Schneier written awhile ago, which essentially wonders why security is even necessary. While this was written in May of... Read More..