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Category Archives: Information Security News
Net-Witness of the Persecution
March 9, 2010 – 6:00 am
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There is an interesting article in the February 18, 2010 Wall Street Journal by Siobhan Gorman, with the title “Hackers Attack 2,411 Firms: Global Offensive Snagged Corporate, Personal Data; Operation Is Still Running.” It describes how staff of the security services firm, NetWitness,…
Protecting Cyberspace … Our Last Opportunity?
January 25, 2010 – 6:00 am
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In my column, “The Silent War – Cyber Style,” posted on December 14, 2009, I had suggested that, since it was taking forever for the White House to come up with a Cyber Security Coordinator, that the White House expand CTO Aneesh Chopra’s responsibility to include cyber security.
So much…
The Google / China Hack: What you won’t read elsewhere
January 14, 2010 – 6:00 am
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Google may leave China after a major hack. That’s the headline. Yahoo! even joined in denouncing the attack. Google and the mainstream media give the impression that the compromise is the reason Google will leave. It seems unlikely to me: the hack is the straw that may break the…
Security Testing’s Missing Link and the Revelation of Drone Images
January 11, 2010 – 6:00 am
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Why are so many computer and network applications breached? And in seemingly simple ways? A recent featured article appeared at the top of the first page of the December 17, 2009 edition of the Wall Street Journal – that dreaded space from which security professionals are tasked with avoiding…
Advocating Rebellion, Wall Street Journal Style
January 4, 2010 – 6:00 am
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The lead article in a recent Technology Section of the Wall Street Journal argues that employees should be allowed to choose their own computer technologies and products, whether or not they comply with corporate policy and standards. The November 16, 2009 article has the title “It’s a Free…