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I just posted at my Computerworld blog about how New York City is in the process of enabling their 911 systems to receive images and video from cell phone callers. I think that this is a huge leap forward – but I am circumspect regarding the security of any proprietary systems involved in enabling this […]
For years, security professionals have known and been saying that passwords themselves are inadequate — thus the need for two-factor (or stronger) authentication. However, multifactor authentication implementations are typically known to be costly (e.g. issuing tokens or biometric readers). Further, many companies report user push-back: some end-users reject or express disdain for biometric […]
Ugh…. Less than a year after the reported loss of a laptop containing the data of 26.5 veterans, the VA looses another laptop. Oh yeah – and in the intervening months they developed processes and procedures to ensure that such data is encrypted; yet this report mentions that there were upwards of 20,000 unencrypted records.
Here […]
A couple days ago I wrote about StolenID Search in my Computerworld blog. Since then I’ve noticed that I was a bit late in the game in analyzing this. Folks like Martin Mckeay, AndyITGuy, Dana Epp, and others heard about the service and have similar postings.
I even see that Scott Mitic, CEO of TrustedID, tried […]
Security professionals deal with the law of unintended consequences every day. For instance, vendor x creates “cool new widget,” a feature-rich application intended to enrich the otherwise sad and pathetic lives of every man, woman, and child on the Earth. However, vendor x (being shortsighted, ignorant, stupid, or just plain human) didn’t realize that “cool […]