Posts tagged with the "application security" tag
Sacking the Hackers
February 2, 2012 | Be the first to comment! I couldn’t let this week go by without making at least one mention of what is taking place this weekend. This annual event held every year since the year I was born brings most of the United States to a mesmerized halt on the first Sunday in February…and this year …Read More
Mobilizing Security Failure
January 31, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Legendary football coach Vince Lombardi once said that "Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing." But decades after Lombardi's Green Bay Packers dominated the NFL, a new slogan joined the sports lexicon - "moral victory." A moral victory, as best I can tell, is the "power of positive thinking" approach to …Read More
Who Secures Security?
January 26, 2012 | 1 Comment One of my favorite television shows these days is one of the highly successful USA Network dramas called “White Collar.” The plot revolves around a stellar FBI agent and a highly educated criminal mastermind, who specializes in art thefts and forgeries, whom the FBI agent brought to justice. The FBI …Read More
Caution: Merger Ahead
January 23, 2012 | Be the first to comment! Our economy goes through periods of intense merger and acquisition activity, which often reshapes entire industries dramatically in one fell swoop. And when these mergers happen, there's always an issue that arises. Sometimes that issue is about competitiveness, like during the recent acquisition talks between Sprint and T-Mobile. Other times it's …Read More
Crash Course on CRASH Report, part 2: New Insights
January 10, 2012 | Be the first to comment! I confess – I’m an “Urban Myths” junkie. That doesn’t mean I believe in every Urban Myth that comes across my email inbox; much to the contrary, in fact, I’m a born skeptic. I snicker at the widespread beliefs and openly wonder how someone could believe that Bill Gates would …Read More
Days of Auld Lang Syne Best Not Be Forgot
December 29, 2011 | Be the first to comment! Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old acquaintance be forgot, and days of auld lang syne? Yes, many of us will find ourselves this weekend sipping champagne and singing the familiar lyrics of this centuries-old tune that has become as synonymous with New Year’s Eve as resolutions …Read More
CAST Defends the Defenders
December 20, 2011 | 2 Comments From the Pentagon to the Department of Energy, government organizations have been hard hit this year by IT systems outages, performance issues and security failures, most of which have stemmed from structural quality issues. But as bleak as this may sound, the good news is that these problems seem to …Read More