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Ok — so I’ve been feeling ‘guilty’ about not blogging for some time… How sick and egotistic is that? But anyway, an ultra-hectic professional and home life has kept me busier than the proverbial “one legged man in a butt-kickin’ contest” for the past few months.
Over those months, I’ve had several things that I *wanted* […]
Believe it or not, the field of Information Security has changed! Foundational concepts, such as the traditional C-I-A triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability) are being challenged and supplanted by a more inclusive model known as the Parkerian Hexad [1]. The Parkerian Hexad augments the traditional C-I-A triad by adding three elements. The result is a […]
This was a crazy week. Here’s a quick rundown:
Wal-Mart eavesdropping situation
On Tuesday, I submitted a feature to Computerworld providing speculation related to the recent Wal-Mart eavesdropping situation. For those following the situation, I refer you to 4 significant articles:
The initial story
My take on what may have happened (human nature run amuck)
Fired employee speaks out
LA […]
I’ve just added a new paper to the resources section of my site. The paper is titled Cryptography in a very small nutshell; it is a very brief introduction into the concepts and types of crypto.
As of today, the resources section now has the following papers.
Analyzing the Paris Hilton T-Mobile hack
The emerging mobile malware threat (long […]
I guess that I’m on a Bruce Schneier kick this week. My last post was related to an article that he wrote about New York City’s upcoming ability to accept camera phone images and videos in their 911 centers.
Today I’ve been reading and pondering another article by Bruce about how psychology plays into people’s perception […]