David Laceys IT Security Blog
September 2007
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Why Encryption is a Hard Sell
28 Sep 2007 -
Cryptography and Snake Oil
26 Sep 2007 -
The Changing Security Threat Landscape
23 Sep 2007
My last posting generated a few comments condemning vendors who exaggerate the capabilities of their security products. The security market is now fairly mature so it's surprising that vendors are ...
Bruce Schneier is a bright guy and a first-class writer but he does have the unfortunate habit of appearing to rubbish new security products, without any evidence that he’s actually looked at them. ...
Last week Symantec issued their latest Internet Security Threat Report. These six-monthly reports have become essential reading for all security practitioners. The latest 30 page report (it could ...
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The Long Road to PCI Compliance
21 Sep 2007 -
Beware Publicity-Seeking Security Gurus
19 Sep 2007 -
Designing Systems for Peak Demand
18 Sep 2007 -
CSI Security Survey Shows Huge Increase in Financial Fraud
16 Sep 2007 -
It's Features not Usability that Sells Products
13 Sep 2007 -
What Top Security Professionals Really Think
12 Sep 2007 -
Cybercrime in the UK
10 Sep 2007
There are always plenty of businesses that have to be dragged kicking and screaming to the compliance killing floor. So it’s no surprise to read a survey by The Logic Group that suggests that only ...
For the past few days I’ve been reading some strange reports coming out of a Gartner Security conference in London. Enough to make me wonder whether the speakers are on the same planet as the rest ...
I was interested to read Tom Ilube’s comments on the BBC Website about the failure of Northern Rock’s systems to cope with the recent exceptional demand. As one of the pioneers of online banking ...
Average annual losses from security incidents have doubled according to the Computer Security Institute’s 12th Annual Computer Crime and Security Survey. Regardless of the accuracy of the ...
The blog postings have been a little thin over the last fortnight as I’ve been holidaying in one of those chic designer hotels. You know. The ones that have Zen styling, Eastern spa treatments, ...
Just published on the Computer Weekly Website are a couple of videos of interviews I conducted recently with leading Heads of Security from interesting organisations. They’re worth watching. The ...
A new report commisoned by Garlick, a UK vendor of privacy management services, on the subject of UK Cybercrime, contains some interesting findings. Such surveys are essential reading for security ...
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Can Security Stay Ahead of the Threat?
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Responding to the New Espionage Threats
05 Sep 2007
I often sit back and reflect on whether we are really winning the war against malicious security threats. The answer of course is "Yes". Otherwise we'd already be in dire straits. But it's ...
For the last few days the media has been reporting alleged hacking attacks on US, UK and German government targets originating from China. It's to be expected of course as any new channel for ...