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Archives for February, 2012


We’re Right, We’re Free, We’ll Fight, You’ll See

by Dan Blum  |  February 29, 2012  |  Submit a Comment

Only in San Francisco would Art Coviello end a keynote address to a security audience with those lyrics, which he called “the immortal words of Twisted Sister.” But the feeling of inspiration soon changed into questioning: Amidst information security’s gathering storm, how do we “fight” but still be “right” and “free”? I found this question [...]

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Proposing an International Cyberweapons Control Protocol

by Dan Blum  |  February 20, 2012  |  1 Comment

Stuxnet. Duku. DigiNotar. Commodo.  The names of exploits and breached organizations reel past like dark clouds of a gathering storm. Cybersecurity programs spread ominously around the world. I’ve seen the importance of international cyberweapons control for some time and wondered why more people weren’t talking about it. But recently, a new voice from the other [...]

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The end of confidentiality?

by Dan Blum  |  February 2, 2012  |  1 Comment

Every day it seems that we have less control in the world of information security. Shadow IT rules some enterprises. Applications move to the cloud, IT’s buildings empty out, security staff are reduced to skeleton staff. While a regulatory tide rises across the world in a tower of Babel, employees and contractors in the enterprise [...]

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