Category Archives: Commentary

Lowering The Cost of IT Operations

In the world of information technology, budgetary pressures are tough. The demand for infrastructure and bandwidth continues to rise, meanwhile many corporate executives are facing reduced budgets. Businesses are faced with the need to do more with less. Our nation’s … Continue reading

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How Much Gets Reported

It’s a pretty well-known fact that far more crime occurs than gets reported to authorities, and far more gets reported to the authorities than gets reported on by any form of media. Cybersecurity attacks are no different. Because we assist … Continue reading

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A Cost-Based Analysis of User Effort in Security

This article does a fantastic job of quantifying the somewhat nebulous idea of why end users generally tend to make decisions about security that seem poor. Looking at the cost analysis comparing the price of end user time to the … Continue reading

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A Place for Everything, Everything in its Place

As with all New Year seasons, everyone chimes in with predictions for the year to come, along with retrospectives of what the previous year brought. While not strictly a seasonal occurrence, many such writings/articles/declarations/rants/etc. contain rather outlandish predictions and assertions … Continue reading

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Wireless Web-Enabled Door Locks?!

I just came across this article announcing Schlage and Z-Wave releasing a wireless door knob/lock. I’m honestly in shock. Given the history of very breakable security measures seen in supposedly secure wireless protocols (802.11a/b/g/n, WEP, WPA, LEAP, Bluetooth, etc), I … Continue reading

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