20 Years in Infosec; Time to Party like its *1999
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:48:51 +0000

I am not a big fan of AT&T (here), but this video from AT&T released in 1990 is about the most insightful view into modern day infosec I’ve ever seen (here) and since it was produced pre-brick walls on fire and simple clouds to depict complex relationships it is more believable than most security marketing [...]

Searching for Privacy in a World Without Secrets
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:51:36 +0000

"I am not a number, I am a free man" IDC reported that we generated and replicated 1.8 zettabytes – that’s 1.8 trillion gigabytes – of data in 2011. To give you an example of scale you would need to stack CDs from Earth to the Moon and Back again – twice – to represent [...]

Class-action Lawsuit Against HP for Not Disclosing Security Vulnerabilities Has Huge Implications
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:58:53 +0000

On December 1, 2011 a Class-action lawsuit was filed in United States District Court Northern District of California against Hewlett-Packard, alleging violations of The California Consumer Legal Remedies Act for Injunctive Relief and the California Unfair Competition Law based on non-disclosure of a known security vulnerability (read the filing here) Nature of the Action l. [...]

One Warm Coat…Two Changed Lives
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:13:00 +0000

This post is dedicated to the memory of Stephanie Renee Fong When I was in my early 20s I met a young women named Stephanie, we quickly grew very close. Stephanie was special to me in many [...]

Incomplete Thought: Are You Really Data-Driven or Just Using Data To Prove a Point?
Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:10:09 +0000

I love data, I love the benefits that data analysis offers, and I love the concept of large amounts of data being massaged, queried, and providing insights through a whole new set of technical innovations – and there are many in data right now. In fact I believe that this year has probably been the [...]

Top 10 Most Overhyped Technology Terms
Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:14:41 +0000

We have entered a new era of information technology, an era where the clouds are moist, the data is obese and incontinent, and the threats are advanced, persistent, and the biggest ever. Of course with all the paradigm-shifting, next generation, FUD vs. ROI marketing, its important to remember that sometimes we need to balance innovation [...]

Why I Suck at Blogging…and Twitter
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 06:59:30 +0000

So recently I posted some thoughts on big data and the increasing usage of Hadoop, the general theme was data management != data analysis…this caused confusion with some folks, as evidenced by the twitter exchange (tweets haven’t been altered but some extraneous ‘noise’ removed to maximize your reading pleasure) @Beaker @amrittsering I’m confused by your last blog. [...]

Needles in a Digital Hay Stack; Finding Value in Big Data
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:43:50 +0000

Big data is a scorching hot topic, currently capturing a lions share of the markets available stock of hyperbole and for good reason, data is growing at a meteoric rate. As we continue to innovate, as business accelerates technology adoption, as the line bleeds between corporate and personal computing and as we interact more in digital mediums [...]

Big Data; Are You Creating a Garbage Dump or Mountains of Gold
Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:13:18 +0000

You’re not really sure how it happened, but some time between last year and the summer of 2011 you were suddenly facing a big data problem, or you were being told you were facing a big data problem, or more accurately you were being told that you needed a big data solution. Funny thing was [...]

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Technology Acquisitions
Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:40:05 +0000

It is the foundation for the free market system and capitalism and it is every entrepreneurs dream; build a great technology, execute and achieve excellence in GTM, deliver fantastic value to customers and take great pride in watching your passion grow – fast. Then it happens; the exit, the liquidation event, the ‘golden ticket’ and in [...]