A report released this week on AppleInsider details the Pwn2Own hacking contest results indicating that Apple computers are less secure than their WinTel counterparts, but ultimately safer.
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I've spent almost 2 years bashing OS X security and more specifically Apple's information security program. Well, while fawning over a friend's MacBook Air (MBA) yesterday I had an epiphany. Have I been too hard on Apple? Is the security inherent in OS X sufficient for Apple's core audience?
Topic(s): Data Protection
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In November, information security in America will face an epic dilemma. Given two presidential candidates who will shape information security policy at a time when we are seeing information warfare as a common weapon.
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Technology and notably information security are complex topics. Mastery of those topics is beyond most adults… but not an 8 year old.
Topic(s): Data Protection
Incident response plans, disaster recovery plans, and business continuity plans are essential components in a well-developed information security program. If you aren't regularly testing your plans, then you are gambling with the future of your business.
I doubt that there has ever been a job considered as dull, boring, or monotonous as that of the auditor. There is no mystery, excitement, or wonder in auditing. Most of all, there is no smiling in audit. …or is there…
Topic(s): Data Protection | Identity Management | Business Continuity | Physical Security | Leadership
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If you are at all familiar with my blog, then you have fallen victim to my occasional rants demeaning inept CIO's. And you have probably correctly surmised that I speak from my own personal experience with an inept CIO (or two). Young as I pretend to be, I have learned one very valuable life lesson. If you're not happy at work, then you're not happy at home.
Topic(s): Career
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Last week I crawled out of bed and made my way to my office. When I booted my Windows XP virtual machine I was greeted with the familiar iTunes software update screen informing me of yet another upgrade, patch, or fix for iTunes"--or so I thought.
Topic(s): Data Protection
You've done it. I've done it. I'm sure we've all done it at some point, but why? I'm not talking about drugs or smoking, but misrepresenting the truth.
