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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.
July 2013
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Farewell Barnaby Jack
26 Jul 2013 -
The art of strategic crisis management
23 Jul 2013 -
Security versus privacy - a difficult and uncomfortable balance
18 Jul 2013
I was deeply shocked and saddened to hear about the death of Barnaby Jack, one of the most brilliant and effective security researchers I have ever encountered. He researched vulnerabilities in ...
Scientific American has an interesting article "How Would the U.S. Respond to a Nightmare Cyber Attack?" based on a recent crisis exercise. It's a good question as well as a well overdue exercise. ...
I've not bothered to comment so far on the numerous news reports on the NSA's PRISM programme. It's not because I have no views, but simply because it's revealed nothing surprising to the security ...
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Information security for non-technical managers
18 Jul 2013 -
Where next for the enterprising CISO?
13 Jul 2013 -
SCADA security requires a better understanding of how plants work
04 Jul 2013
It's surprisingly hard to find good quality guidance for business managers on information security, and even harder to find material that is free. Far too much essential reference material is ...
The sizzling summer in Surrey (UK) has slowed my writing, though the cyber security market is also equally hot with many fresh initiatives emerging. Your own perspective will no doubt vary of ...
I do worry about the security of our industrial control and SCADA systems. I have been for the last 24 years in fact, ever since I first encountered them. In my view the real problem has always ...