MikeDiscussions about cybersecurity overwhelmingly focus on the recent, which are our responses to the design and engineering decisions of the past. We are right to […]
Tag: computer security
Speed and Scale
There is no shortage of good ideas in cybersecurity, but what divides the best concepts from the best solutions is how quickly and widely they can be employed. Meaningful success demands you work at combat speed and on a global scale.
Buccaneer.com 2.0
Fifteen years ago, parallels between the age of piracy and the state of cyber-insecurity illustrated how we might combat malicious online activity by leveraging private […]
You Were Promised Neither Security Nor Privacy
You can still live your life without using TCP/IP or HTTP, you just don’t want to.
Explaining Computer Security Through the Lens of Boston
An attempt to use current events to help make sense of computer security.
Business Does Not Care About Your Chinese Cyber Problem
Companies that suffer the fate of Ellery and Nortel are notable because they are rare.
We Are Our Own Worst Enemy
My latest op-ed in SC Magazine: It is tough being in cybersecurity. Defense is a cost center, and it’s hard to find meaningful metrics to […]
Preparing for the “Wake Up Call”
Despite the emphasis placed on IT security in recent years, federal agencies are not testing their security controls with any consistency or timeliness, and as […]