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Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal

Advocating Rebellion, Wall Street Journal Style

January 4, 2010 – 6:00 am – 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…
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An Open Letter to Warren Axelrod: Yes, InfoSec, You’re a Heck of a Job

June 1, 2009 – 6:00 am – Warren, I was delighted-although also somewhat surprised-to read your column of April 27, “Infosec, You’re Doing a Heck of a Job!”  The article depicted (I think accurately) the existence of a considerable chasm between claims espoused by the information security research…
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Embedded Exploits

February 2, 2009 – 6:00 am – Two major Y2K security and safety concerns were:  embedded systems (such as control systems in elevators, power plants, automobiles, etc. would fail to operate properly when the date changed from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000, and computer applications that had been outsourced,…
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