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Tag Archives: Virtual Trust
ROI: How Security Can Augment New Products and Services
April 28, 2008 – 6:00 am
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Rob Preston of InformationWeek writes in Down To Business: It’s Past Time To Elevate The Infosec Conversation:
More than 80% of the IT, security, and business executives RSA recently surveyed with IDC “admit that their organizations have shied away from business innovation…
Again, Security as a Differentiator
January 21, 2008 – 6:00 am
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SC Magazine’s January 2008 cover story this month illustrates security as a differentiator. In the past, I moved from a hard line to more neutral territory based on some marketing material from Visa.
Here are some memorable quotes from SC Magazine:
Businesses can use security to increase…
InformationWeek and Virtualization Security
December 7, 2007 – 6:00 am
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InformationWeek takes a cursory glance at virtualization security in the data center.
In short they state:
While tools exist to detect rootkits and other compromises on conventional operating systems, no tools exist to detect their presence in the hypervisor.
For those in the security space for…
Barbie and Virtual Trust
November 13, 2007 – 6:00 am
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Do you know who your BFFs are?
According to Kevin Poulsen at Wired, a new Barbie doll uses authentication to determine how two girls may chat online: in public or in secret.
It’s another example of Virtual Trust (VT). In short, VT can be defined as using security mechanisms — in this…
Virtual Trust: Nissan Altima Security Model Without Physical Key
November 5, 2007 – 6:00 am
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The security model for cars is now changing. It’s already changed for the Nissan Altima. I found this out on Saturday night first hand when my friend gave me a ride in her car.
The Nissan Altima has a push button start for the car, not a physical key. It detects (authenticates) the…
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