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Tag Archives: Google

Cloud Computing Security at Newsweek

– Daniel Lyons will publish an op-ed on the insecurity of cloud computing in Newsweek’s February 1st, 2010 issue. The  main thrust of the article can be summarized as such: But there is one big, glaring problem with cloud computing, and it just got laid bare in Google’s recent problems…

The Google / China Hack: What you won’t read elsewhere

– 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…

Will the Real Sam DeKay Stand Up?

– Dr. Sam DeKay sent me an open letter via this very blog medium on June 1, 2009. But how do I know the letter is from the same Sam whom I know and admire, and not from some wily interloper who had hacked into the site and was masquerading as Sam? Well, I was [...] …

Singular Security

– As infosec professionals continue to struggle mightily trying keep up with the security and privacy vulnerabilities introduced by new technologies and IT environments, such as Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and Cloud Computing, there is a new game in town … singularity. As I will describe, singularity…

Being Evil versus Doing Harm

– Mea culpa. …. Craig Heath rightly states that the Google motto is “Don’t be evil” and not “Do no harm,” as I had misquoted in my column “Google Doing Harm.” Unfortunately I was guilty of taking my quote from another Web posting rather than from an…