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David Laceys IT Security Blog
Information security expert David Lacey discussed the latest ideas, best practices, and business issues associated with managing security.
October 2009
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Chinese Cyberwarfare Capability
31 Oct 2009 -
Lessons from the safety field
28 Oct 2009 -
Opinions on RSA Conference Europe 2009
27 Oct 2009
It's hard to ignore the report by Northrop Grumman Corporation on the Capability of the People's Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation, if only because of its ...
I've long argued that security should take note of lessons from the safety field, and there are a lot of important learning points set out in the Nimrod review. Many of these repeat the points made ...
Big conference web sites seem to be evolving into on-line magazines. RSA Conference and Infosecurity Europe publish news items and blog postings all year round. During last week;s RSA Conference ...
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Higher standards for identity assurance
26 Oct 2009 -
Money in the Cloud
22 Oct 2009 -
RSA Conference reflects trends in security landscape
21 Oct 2009 -
The RSA Conference comes to town
19 Oct 2009 -
Responding to the postal strikes
16 Oct 2009 -
Information Security across the World
13 Oct 2009 -
Long distance data management
02 Oct 2009
Not a week goes by without a news item about yet another breach of personal data. The latest one is a compromise of data on the Guardian newspaper's jobs website. I think we all agree that there's ...
I was intrigued to read that the equivalent of $144 million was traded in the second quarter of the year on the LindeX, the official currency exchange of Second Life. This growth reflects the ...
This year's RSA Conference Europe kicked off yesterday in London. There were the usual keynotes from RSA top management and the usual US style arrangements, including a photo identity check ...
Tomorrow sees the start of the year's RSA Conference Europe in London. As usual it's a largely vendor oriented event, with keynotes from sponsors, rather than thought leaders, and with a focus ...
Just talk to any business owner, whether small, medium or large, and you'll quickly spot a golden opportunity for the security industry. This season's postal strike will generate a tipping point ...
My postings have been thin over the last few weeks as I've been busy travelling, researching and writing. The highlight was a visit to Switzerland to give presentations to institutes in Zurich and ...
Keen-eyed information management professionals will have been amused last night to spot Andy Hayler, former Shell data management expert and Kalido executive, in his modern role as professional ...
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A new kind of security
01 Oct 2009
Over the last week, I've attended a security awareness forum and spoken at a cloud computing conference. The major learning point highlighted by both events, was both predictable and significant: ...