Risk Management with Stuart King and Duncan Hart
Recent Posts
-
Google Docs accidentally shared
- Reed Elsevier 10 Mar 2009 -
Google latitude - power to the people
- Reed Elsevier 09 Mar 2009 -
NYPD Data Center Theft
- Reed Elsevier 09 Mar 2009
From SC MagazineUsers of the Google Docs application have had their information inadvertently shared. A flaw has been identified in the system, which meant that some documents were marked down as ...
In a country boasting the highest number of CCTV cameras in the world in proportion to the population; where local council workers can work as undercover spys to root out everything from putting ...
An interesting event reported in America where a civilian employee allegedly stole personal information on 80000 serving and former NYPD police officers. It's being called a "massive data breach" ...
-
Security, scale and functionality trade-offs
09 Mar 2009 -
McKinnon step closer to extradition
- Reed Elsevier 26 Feb 2009 -
Rats coming out of the sewer
- Reed Elsevier 24 Feb 2009 -
Joined-up security can save you money
- Reed Elsevier 23 Feb 2009 -
When cloud computing goes wrong
23 Feb 2009 -
A lesson in low tech for the CIA
- Reed Elsevier 17 Feb 2009 -
Public Sector vs Private Sector. Who does security better? Part 4
16 Feb 2009
If decisions about design and modes of operation all involve trade-offs then security, scale and rich functionality have got to be at the top of the feature trade-off list.I've believed for a long ...
British computer hacker Gary McKinnon has lost the latest round of his battle against extradition to the US.See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7912538.stmMore here: ...
More than two years ago I mentioned on this blog the fact that large networks are likely hosting a variety of nasty things we will probably never become aware of. This is more than just speculation ...
A blog from Colin Beveridge caught my eye and touched a nerve. Colin says:We need a holistic approach to information security that properly encompasses the social/ cultural aspects, rather than the ...
I'm a fan of cloud computing based applications and services, in fact I use them a lot to organise a whole raft of things I do and need to get done. But at the same time I really do understand that ...
A story in todays Times newspaper about the supposed secret use by the CIA of an airbase in Pakistan has an interesting Information Security angle. In particular because it appears that supporting ...
You're hilarious! A Ford Anglia? Actually, I'm a Morris Minor Series II enthusiast. What more could you want than a British Classic through-and-through that has been exported internationally and ...
-
Public Sector vs Private Sector. Who does security better? Part 3
- Reed Elsevier 12 Feb 2009 -
Public vs Private Sector - which does security better?
11 Feb 2009 -
Twits on Twitter
- Reed Elsevier 10 Feb 2009 -
Public Sector vs Private Sector. Who does security better?
- Reed Elsevier 09 Feb 2009 -
NCC Survey - Protecting Corporate Reputation and Brand
- Reed Elsevier 05 Feb 2009
Let's stick to the facts. The public sector has more data breaches. In the six months up to April 2008 there were 62 serious incidents in the public sector against 28 in the private sector (as ...
You've thrown down the gauntlet and I accept the challenge.... But let's put the problem into context first. Both private and public sector have had equally disastrous data breaches of late. From ...
Only one word really for US politician Peter Hoekstra on a secret visit to Baghdad, who then announced his arrival on Twitter. That word is ...
Mods against Rockers, Tom and Jerry, Batman versus The Joker....My partner in blogging and I have one more to add to that list. Duncan is standing up for the public sector, I'm on the side of the ...
I've been reading with interest the results of the National Computing Centre survey of 98 UK-based organisations entitled Protecting Corporate Reputation and Brand. You can download it here.Some of ...