Aladdin goes private; Safenet and Watchguard did and seem to thrive. More!
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Archives for January, 2009
Twelve Word Tuesday: More Private Parts for Security
by John Pescatore | January 13, 2009 | Submit a Comment
Shovel-Ready Security
by John Pescatore | January 12, 2009 | Submit a Comment
The American Dialect Society selected “bailout” as the 2008 word of the year. One popular choice was “shovel-ready” but it came in 4th, after “bailout”, “Barack Obama” and “lipstick on a pig.” I have a nomination: the “grrrr” noise Clint Eastwood makes frequently in the recently released movie “Gran Torino” – it really does capture [...]
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Dot Dot Dot Friday
by John Pescatore | January 9, 2009 | 6 Comments
(with acknowledgements to Herb Caen) Gartner laid off 120 people yesterday, never fun. You learn a lot about your company, good and bad, by how they handle layoffs… Whatever happened to Verisign selling off its managed security services business?… When a bank gets robbed, the cash lost never seems to be more than $10,000 – [...]
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2008 Was the Year of the Rat, 2009 Will Be the Year of the Ox
by John Pescatore | January 8, 2009 | 1 Comment
Pressure from job, school, parents, boss, enemy. If Earth is the Lucky Element, there is a career/position opportunity. If Earth is the unlucky element, then watch for job responsibility, health, lawsuit or accident. From 2009 Chinese Horoscope I’m not much of a horoscope person, but if someone thousands of years ago decided 2008 was the [...]
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Lawrence Orans on Containing the Risk of Using Skype
by John Pescatore | January 7, 2009 | 8 Comments
Today we have a guest blogger, Lawrence Orans of Gartner: With the recession in full force, I am getting more questions from Gartner clients about the security risks associated with Skype. Business executives view Skype as being “free” — they see it as a way to cut communications charges, but most are blind to the [...]
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Twelve Word Tuesday: Not Suprising
by John Pescatore | January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments
Big bad wolf blows down straw houses, Twitter gets hacked, MD5 causes vulnerability.
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