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Tag Archives: security
The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth
No, seriously, we will. If there is any doubt, I’m here with a set of PowerPoint slides a customer actually dared me to create to show them I could make a useful analogy about anything under my purview. So they … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT, Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Silly
Tagged analogies, broker, catalog, Cloud, ITaaS, Jar Jar Fuckstick, security, Star Wars
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Scientists crack RSA SecurID 800 tokens, or not
Caveat: I am not a cryptology guy and I stopped running a security consulting practice years ago, so feel free to correct my oversimplified illustrations in the comments. Accuracy is important. This breathless article from Ars Technica declares in large … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT, Security, The Nature of IT
Tagged Ars Technica, bad reporting, encryption, Prosecco, research, RSA, RSA 800, security, tech news, token
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Nice Study, but Where’s the Rest?
Forbes covered the release of Symantec’s Smartphone Honey Stick Project. It was a nicely put together study that promised to tell us much about the risks associated with losing your phone. I read through it looking for the implications, particularly … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT, Public Cloud
Tagged Cloud, Marketplace, risk, security, smartphone, Sophos, study, Symantec, theft
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