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The real cost of data loss is down to butterflies
Each day at work I get an update on the latest publicly
revealed data loss incidents, be it laptops, memory sticks or corporate hacks.
Unfortunately I become pretty immune to these daily reports and normally skim
read what has no doubt been a...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 4th March '08
Glengarry Glen Ross - Old Fashioned Inside Threat
I had the
pleasure of watching the film Glengarry Glen Ross again last night.
Released in
1992 it chronicles the struggles of 4 real estate salesmen in a down market New
York based agency. It stars Al Pacino as top salesman Roma, Jack...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 14th January '08
Symantec Spammers Rock 'n' Roll
As we rapidly approach the Christmas season I thought I would share this amusing You Tube video sent to me by Symantec. Enjoy!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ReUs8YTVTKg
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 18th December '07
Crap Government IT Rules OK? Oh well, pass the biscuits.
As I sit writing this rant I can feel the collective blogsphere
seething at news that HM Revenue and Customs have managed to lose millions of
child benefit records - up to 24 million according to BBC News at the time of
writing.
Apparently...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 20th November '07
Of Vista, RSA and Polite Guffaws
I'm still
recovering from my trip to RSA in London on Tuesday. Not particularly as the day
was long and busy—shows always are. I just can't
believe the Microsoft keynote I heard presented by Ben Fathi, Corporate Vice President
of...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 25th October '07
Social Networking Sites and the Delicate Problem of Saying No
It's a fact. I am one of the most un-trendy people in the universe.
Why?
Well I have no interest what so ever in joining FaceBook, Quetchup, MySpace, Friends Reunited or anyone of the other gazillion social networking sites out there.
A brief...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 19th September '07
DBA snaffles data - the Inside Threat continues
Fidelity National Information Services, a provider of financial processing services to institutions in the US, recently announced that an employee who was employed as a database administrator (DBA) made off with 2.3 million records comprising...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 5th July '07
Software Development and the Rise of the Alpha Techie
For a number of years I was technical director of a software development company.We also did training, consultancy and development but the hardest part of the business to get right was software development. No matter what ‘ology we employed,...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 29th May '07
InfoSec - the final curtain
So today was the last day of InfoSec, and the last round of briefings.
Deploying software patches, managing viruses, controlling data leaks and all the other associated security jobs that we need to do place a heavy burden on administrators and...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 26th April '07
InfoSec Show or DataSec Show?
Maybe InfoSec should be rechristened the database security show?
There appear to be more and more vendors now focussed on securing the good old database by offering tools that layer onto an existing RDBMS, monitoring who is doing what and when and...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 26th April '07
InfoSec Show Day 1 Scores a Hit
Day 1 of InfoSec, the Information Security Show held in London’s Olympia venue, was going to be an interesting experience from the start.
The immediate impression was that the show was bigger this year than last. Either more vendors have...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 25th April '07
Inside Sex Show
This is the time of year when European based security analysts are at their most frenzied as next week marks the 3 days of the InfoSecurity Show, or InfoSec for short.
Of course I will be attending, and have had my three days filled with vendor...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 19th April '07
My PC acted like a 2 year old toddler
Recently one of my PC's have been acting like a two year old toddler.
Why?
Because I upgraded to the latest version of one the best known PC security products.
After upgrading my PC I was instantly bombarded with a number of animated icons telling...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 11th April '07
Vista? Just say no?
I finally got around to upgrading my laptop as the previous incumbent was starting to be a pain (quite literally) when travelling. I only need to use email and some basic office software so the computing power of a bank trading system was hardly...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 4th April '07
Sophos, SurfControl and the WS1000
Sophos have just launched the WS 1000, branded, “the industry's first web control platform designed to provide trusted content security, application control and URL filtering in a single appliance”.
Well good for them.
I like appliances...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 9th January '07
PC Plod's PCs Plundered
So the company responsible for processing pay and pensions for
the Metropolitan Police was burgled the other day and 3 laptops
stolen, along with payroll details.
Thankfully it looks as if this was a bog standard commercial
premises burglary and at...
Nigel Stanley, Bloor Research | 22nd November '06