The Politics of Security
“Wheels within wheels, in a spiral array, a pattern so grand and complex…” – Rush, Natural Science As the new session of Congress gets into full swing, it will be interesting to see how two critical pieces of cyberspace legislation - the…
2011 Security Predications #4: WikiLeaks is the New Model of Security
Prediction #4: WikiLeaks is the New Model of “Security Through Fear and Shame” Regardless of where you might stand on the WikiLeaks issue, the simple fact is that the WikiLeaks got a large, government agency to adopt and enforce a…
Security Prediction #3: Mobile Device Security
Prediction #3: Three Words: “Mobile Device Security”. “Righteous outrage” is how a good friend of mine recently described his pernicious seething at the discovery that at least some of his iPhone apps were likely sending his personal data to marketing…
2011 Security Prediction #2: Insecurity in the FrankenCloud
Prediction #2: Insecurity in the FrankenCloud. For those of you who been listening to me for any appreciable period of time, you know that I’m very skeptical of the cloud, at least from a security perspective. Where does your data…
2011 Security Predictions #1: Stuxnet Will Get Monetized
Prediction #1: Stuxnet Will Get Monetized. Stuxnet got a lot of press in 2010, and with good reason (even to the point where those clever, clever blackhats liberally used the term as part of an SEO campaign to get terrified SCADA…
(Cyber)War… What Is It Good For?
Recently OECD — a well-meaning think tank of doubtless impressively-credentialed academics - published a report suggesting that, well… the term “cyberwar” is awfully inflammatory, and it’s not likely that anyone (nationality or otherwise) is going to effectively attack a sovereign nation,…