Do We Really Want Privacy?

I really love reading Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog. Fairly often it is thought provoking…

He recently wrote about his experience with the new iPhone privacy policy: Apple giving out your iPhone fingerprints and location. He was one (probably of the very few) reading the privacy policy and found the following statement:

Collection and Use of . . . → Read More: Do We Really Want Privacy?

The Importance of Application Security

I think I told the story thousands of time and everybody knows it but I will do it the 1001st time now . When I joined Microsoft and became what is the Chief Security Advisor for Switzerland today, we had an airlift for Windows Server 2003. The Product Manager in Switzerland asked me to keynote . . . → Read More: The Importance of Application Security

The Risk of Blogging

Steve Ballmer was once asked by a journalist whether and why he allows blogging by Microsoft employees, without any approval process. His answer was that he lets Microsoft employees talk to customers without approval process as well (at least that’s the story which was told ).

You know that I am a big fan of . . . → Read More: The Risk of Blogging

Am I Too Paranoid?

Sometimes I wonder whether I am too paranoid. I just got a call, which went like that:

Caller: “Hello, we are doing a health insurance survey and have just three questions for you, would you mind to join in? Just 20 seconds. We do it for Health Insurance statistics.” Me: Was in a very good . . . → Read More: Am I Too Paranoid?

Are We Losing the Fight Against Cybercrime?

It is an interesting and difficult question. What can we do to really be able to stay on top? Or shall we give up? Well, clearly, I do not think so.

I read this article today, which really made me think: Black Hats are Winning, Symantec Says – wow! A fairly clear statement. We lost . . . → Read More: Are We Losing the Fight Against Cybercrime?

E-Mail–The Low Hanging Fruit for the Cloud?

I am convinced that there are workloads that can and should be moved to the Cloud: For security reasons as well as for economical reasons. E-Mail might well be the first one of them.

There is a good post on that: Editor’s Note: Email, the Lowest-Hanging Fruit of the Cloud

Roger

Blocking Social Media Sites–a False Sense of Security?

I blogged often about it: Blocking certain websites today can fire back in different ways. The CIO published an article called Workarounds: 5 Ways Employees Try to Access Restricted Sites – and they say:

“Some workarounds can be dangerous because they might create a channel that data can flow out through that is not managed . . . → Read More: Blocking Social Media Sites–a False Sense of Security?

The Future of Cybercrime

If you do not know this blog, it is definitely worth looking at it from time to time: Paleo-Future.

There I found a prediction on cybercrime dated 1981:

It describes the impact of computers in the “future” – say today. If you click on the picture, you can see the original.

There is . . . → Read More: The Future of Cybercrime

Assessing the risk of the August security updates

This month it is pretty important to read the Security Research and Defense blog post: Assessing the risk of the August security updates

It might help you to get an overview on the biggest release ever

Roger

Success against Cybercrime

I just read this article E-crime unit arrests suspected phishing gang, which shows that we are making progress in fighting cybercrime. Very good news

Roger

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