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Category Archives: Security Articles
The Human Brain and Your Network Infrastructure
Common wisdom says that we humans use less than 10% of our brains’ capacity in a lifetime. I assert that the same is true for enterprise networking hardware and software. As referenced by Paul in his recent post, we very … Continue reading
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Avoiding Hard Work for Nothing
This morning I found myself thinking of the many commercial and government organizations we’ve run into over the years that have an urge to buy something… something, as in almost anything they can plug in that purports to improve their … Continue reading
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Mitigating the Next Stuxnet Worm
On July 18 at the FOSE 2011 Conference in Washington, DC , I was one of two speakers who addressed the topic, “Situational Awareness – Mitigating the Next Stuxnet”. In my remarks, I noted that the Stuxnet worm secretly infected … Continue reading
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SSL is now Vulnerable… What’s your Plan B?
There have been numerous reports recently that a new Man-in-the-Middle attack has been developed which works on the previously secure SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0. The details of exactly what can be done with this attack have yet to be … Continue reading
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 →