Month: April 2010
a sploit in his pdf and a song in his heart
Songs celebrating the exploits (no pun intended) of those on the wrong side of the law have a long history. Nerdcore rapper MC Frontalot adds…
what happened to the volcano of death?
What a difference a few weeks make in aviation safety… we have gone from closing down large swathes of European air space because any volcanic…
a word from our paranoid janitor
I’m just in a blogging frenzy today – this is what happens when I have 4 hours to kill on the Acela with wifi and…
no fear?
Another tidbit from Josh Corman’s excellent talk on FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) in the information security industry… the following comes from Frank Herbert’s Dune…
when was the last time we retired a security control?
This weekend, I attended the Security B-Sides Boston conference (which, by the way, I heartily recommend to all info sec types). My favorite session of the…
a data breach story with a twist…
Stories of data breaches have become annoyingly normal, so when Affinity Health Plans announced the accidental disclosure of personal information on over 400,000 employees, former…
monday volcano news roundup
From the BBC News website… this map shows today’s ash situation… does not look too good as far as trans Atlantic flights from the States…
don’t want to make an ash of myself…
One of my responsibilities at work is to make sure that our employees are safe while traveling. Until today, this week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption was…
the lies are in the eyes
It seems that scientists found some evidence for the proverb “The eyes are the windows of the soul.” In experiments conducted by researchers at University…
the maley affair take two
So after meeting Bob Maley, the former CISO of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, at this week’s CSO Perspectives conference in Santa Clara, CA, I am having…
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