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Two Jokers Social Engineer their way into the Superbowl 11 Feb 2013 | 08:38 am
Sneaking in near press/employee access points without going thru them, zigzagging through corridors, and once carrying a box so someone opens a door for them, two jokers from Savannah State University...
The State of Information Security 2013 11 Dec 2012 | 03:26 am
Which projects are security professionals implementing in the next 12 months? How do 2013 security budgets look? Who will be the winners and losers on the vendor side? What’s causing security managers...
KitchenAid, Obama’s Grandma, and the unfortunate Mrs. Bowers 4 Oct 2012 | 10:20 am
The most controversial #nbcpolitics tweet of today’s presidential debate wasn’t particularly profound, but it will be the most talked about because of the account it came from and the 24,000 people it...
Security and IT Pros, I need your help 29 Feb 2012 | 01:07 pm
In my day job I publish two large information security studies a year. This involves completing hundreds of live interviews with security professionals in all types of industries. What's produced is s...
Information Security’s Winners and Losers 21 Oct 2011 | 06:17 am
A recording of my most recent webinar is up, follow the link to access the recording. The webinar covers: Which projects are IT professionals implementing in the next 12 months? How do 2012 security b...
Application-aware Firewalls – A Leap Forward or an Evolutionary Pit Stop? 9 Sep 2011 | 05:03 am
The stately and much maligned network firewall emerged on the scene some 25 years ago, and since has gone through three distinct generations of development: from being simple packet filters to the mor...
Through Breaches and Bad Times, Security Budgets are Up 9 Sep 2011 | 04:59 am
Competing forces continue to complicate the information security budget conversation, as high profile breaches (Sony, RSA) continue to eat up newsprint while at the same time difficult economic operat...
Application-aware Firewalls – A Leap Forward or an Evolutionary Pit Stop? 9 Sep 2011 | 01:03 am
The stately and much maligned network firewall emerged on the scene some 25 years ago, and since has gone through three distinct generations of development: from being simple packet filters to the mor...
DHS incorrectly associates 84,000 web sites with child pornography 18 Feb 2011 | 04:46 pm
DHS Security Immigrations and Customs Enforcement incorrectly knocked out some 84,000 web sites attempting to seize domain names associated with child pornography, then glossed over the fact that it h...
Ligatt Rap 12 Feb 2011 | 04:43 am
Security researcher Chris John Riley has decided to respond to death threats and lawsuits from Georgia security consultancy Ligatt and its proprietor Gregory Evans, but not in kind. Instead he's writt...
