Tag Archives: microsoft
My Heart-bleed[s] for Open Source and Monocultures
May 5, 2014 – 6:00 am
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To all supporters of ubiquitous open-source software … my sincere condolences. Who would have thought that the innocent mistake of a volunteer programmer trying to “improve” OpenSSL, and which was subsequently missed by a volunteer tester, would have led to what may turn out to have been…
The (Sorry) State of Application Security
April 30, 2012 – 6:00 am
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In January 2011, research firm Forrester Consulting published a report, which was commissioned by Microsoft, with the title “State of Application Security: Immature Practices Fuel Inefficiencies, But Positive ROI Is Attainable.” The report is available for download at…
Privacy? What Privacy?
November 1, 2010 – 6:00 am
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It is unusual for the popular (as opposed to technical) press and particularly for The Wall Street Journal to publish a multipart series on the topic of privacy. But the WSJ did it in “What They Know: A Wall Street Journal Investigation” And I think they did a pretty good job. You can find the…
Securing the Web – Dream On
December 7, 2009 – 6:00 am
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There are times when a reasonable person might have doubts about their views on a particular topic, especially when so few others appear to advocate the same drastic measures as oneself. So imagine my surprise and sense of validation when I attended a presentation by Roel Schouwenberg, who is a…
Bill Gates, Facebook and Privacy Controls
July 27, 2009 – 5:00 am
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While in India this week, Bill Gates made the following comment: He admitted that he once had a Facebook page, but every day “ten thousand people tried to be my friend.” He said he spent too much time trying to decide “Do I know them? Don’t I know them?” Ultimately, he said, “I had to…
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