Archive for May, 2007

Consumerization of IT and state of the security industry

Yesterday was a bit of a surprise for me, I met someone I never would have expected to meet and be an actual co-worker too. There were several talks today, focusing on the “consumerization” of IT, the state of the security industry from a Wall Street analysts’ perspective, what makes up an effective infosec program, […]

Low probability but a devestating impact

I’ve been too busy to blog this week and haven’t had any ideas for any new topics. Tomorrow (Wednesday and Thursday) I’ll be attending my company’s internal security “conference” to discuss the issues and projects IT Security faces. I’m interning at this company, so I’ll be all ears for the next two days and just […]

We really wouldn’t need a security industry

if everybody was honest with themselves and others. If people didn’t break into other people’s houses, bank accounts, commit acts that are criminal and deprive (or take advantage of) others’ rights, we wouldn’t need security. Remember the days you could leave your front door unlocked? Whatever happened to taking people for their word? Nowadays, you […]

20 years old and [in] security (part 1)

A thread that has gotten some attention and even sparked some bloggers to tag each other with their own stories, I thought I’d post my own “how I got started.” I’m twenty years old and my area of study since I graduated high school has been network security. I wasn’t always into network security, in […]

How to Be a Security Idiot

So, I was wading through all the garbage on digg today and came across Jim Rapoza’s 12 Ways to Be a Security Idiot. It got me thinking about all of the dumb and insecure practices that I saw while I was working for the City of Tempe here in Arizona. Also, I’m having […]