David Laceys IT Security Blog
February 2009
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The Fog of Cyberwar
28 Feb 2009 -
Broken Windows and e-crime
26 Feb 2009 -
When laptops go missing
20 Feb 2009
A recent Bruce Schneier blog posting drew my attention to a report of a revelation by a US Army Colonel that "EMP grenade technology is out there, but I've never had my hands on one". The comments ...
Earlier this week I attended the ISPA Parliamentary Advisory Forum on e-crime reduction in Westminster. It was an interesting event. There was nothing really new to hear, but the discussions ...
A recent posting on Bruce Schneier's blog drew my attention to a revealing confession by Los Alamos that they had failed to address cyber security issues regarding stolen laptops because such ...
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Back to Basics
15 Feb 2009 -
What's in a number?
10 Feb 2009 -
A glimpse of the future of cybercrime
08 Feb 2009 -
New funding for UK security research
05 Feb 2009 -
Counting the cost of data breaches
04 Feb 2009
Hardly a week goes by without a major concern about the compromise of personal identity data. The latest one in the news is the Federal Aviation Administration, yet another high-profile ...
I was amused to read about the latest estimates of the number of intelligent alien civilisations, recently reported in the International Journal of Astrobiology. Apparently the discovery of more ...
A recent report by the news channel Fox 5 claims that the RBS Worldpay data breach of payroll card data, reported back in December, resulted in a well coordinated ATM fraud in November that netted ...
It's good to hear that the Government's Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is inviting bids for £6 million of new research investment to develop solutions to address vulnerabilities in complex ...
I'm always fascinated by the outcome of attempts to quantify the cost of data breaches. The Ponemon Institute have recently published the results of surveys, sponsored by PGP, carried out in the US ...