David Laceys IT Security Blog
November 2007
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Don't Forget Your Digital Wallet
29 Nov 2007 -
Cock-up or Conspiracy?
28 Nov 2007 -
Security is the New Rock And Roll
27 Nov 2007
Digital cash wallets seems to be a long time coming. It must have been about fifteen years ago when I saw Bob Fletcher of NatWest Bank presenting the concept of the Mondex electronic money card to ...
It’s interesting to discuss root causes of data breaches such as the recent HMRC breach with other security professionals. Most agree with my general suspicion that when something like this goes ...
I always felt there was potential for IT Security to become fashionable, especially with those Die Hard and James Bond connections. Of course the problem is the rather pedestrian types that IT ...
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Innovation is Where You Least Expect It
26 Nov 2007 -
Knee-jerk Reactions Are Not the Answer
25 Nov 2007 -
No More Mr Nice Guy – Time for CISOs to Get Tough
22 Nov 2007 -
Personal Data Breaches Are Unforgivable
20 Nov 2007 -
Security Culture and Social Engineering
18 Nov 2007 -
The Old Ones Are the Best
16 Nov 2007 -
Human Factors Dominate Today’s Security Problem Space
15 Nov 2007
I take a close interest in Innovation. It’s vital to Security because the problem and solution spaces are constantly changing. It’s also a fascinating problem: a simple concept but one that ...
Today’s newspapers are full of finger-pointing and spin about the HMRC data breach. And the blogisphere continues to churn out mixed commentary and advice, some sensible and some ill-advised. Of ...
One of my predictions for 2007 was that this would be the year that CISOs would finally get tough with business units, tightening corporate firewall policies and closing down insecure connections. ...
This week I’m in New York on a short visit but my attention has been grabbed by events in the UK HM Revenue and Customs, i.e. the announcement of a loss of discs containing personal data on 25 ...
I was interested to read my fellow blogger Stuart King’s posting on Psychology and Security. In particular he raises the tricky question about what a member of staff should do when confronting a ...
It’s an interesting phenomenon that chip speed and memory size both keep increasing in leaps and bounds, yet laptop performance continues to get slower. It’s always been the case as far as I can ...
Earlier this week I gave the closing keynote address at Kable’s Information Security in the Public Sector conference in London. The subject, requested by Kable, was “Creating a Security Conscious ...
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Security is the Foundation of Internet Governance
12 Nov 2007 -
De-perimeterised Cartoon
12 Nov 2007 -
The Future is Mobile but will it be Secure?
10 Nov 2007 -
When it comes to Communications, Smarter beats Dumber
08 Nov 2007 -
Keeping up with Regulatory Compliance
07 Nov 2007
This week sees the second meeting, in Rio de Janeiro, of the Internet Governance Forum, an organisation established by the United Nations to debate public policy issues associated with the ...
I couldn’t resist a smile at Bruce Schneier’s blog posting of a New Yorker cartoon, with a de-perimeterisation theme. I've always liked New Yorker cartoons, especially the dog ones, and you can buy ...
The past week has seen three developments likely to fuel future growth in the use of mobile devices. The first is Apple’s UK i-Phone launch, which might not be the most advanced device in terms of ...
Yesterday Andrew Yeomans of Dresdner put a risk management challenge to me and fellow blogger Stuart King. The issue arose from a discussion about Get Safe Online, the educational site aimed at ...
I’m often asked how best to keep up with the compliance bandwagon. It’s not easy. You can subscribe to the expensive IT research services offered by the likes of Gartner or Forrester, but much of ...