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Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal

Net-Witness of the Persecution

– 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,…

Negative Testing Revisited – Vehicle Control Systems (Part 1)

– In my January 11, 2010 column “Security Testing’s Missing Link and the Revelation of Drone Images,” I recounted the episode of the interception by terrorists of the transmission of video images from drones. I attributed much of the issue to a lack of negative testing, that is, testing for…

Please Let Me Explain…

– Whenever you speak to a reporter, you are always at risk that what will be published isn’t quite what you meant or that the context of your statement  within the article will distort your meaning. Knowing this, you usually have to choose between the importance of what you have to say (in your…

Security Testing’s Missing Link and the Revelation of Drone Images

– 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

– 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…