October 10, 2006 - #133

Good Morning:
Enough about Google and YouTube. I'm GooTube'd out. Congrats are in order, creating $1.65 Billion in value over 18 months is impressive. Personally I think Google got a bargain, like Cramer (here [0]). Video is the next wave on the Internet and advertising will monetize it. The combination is impressive, as no one has done a better job at monetizing content than Google. But do I think this is vindication of the VC funding model, which I question in one of yesterday's rants (here [0])? No. For every YouTube success, there are thousands of bad ideas, fire sales, and flame-outs. 

In security-land, there was a bunch of news, but not much that was interesting. Maybe it's one of those days for me. If you are interested in NAC, check out what Network Computing has to say (here [0]). Now that I no longer have to worry about annoying NetworkWorld, I can say this is a good treatment of the topic. And if you are interested in database encryption, there is a good tip (here [0]) in SearchSecurity. By the way, nothing really good in NetworkWorld on security this week. HA!

There was more interesting stuff in blog-land. Check out Gunnar as he starts to grapple with the impact of decentralized data (here [0]). This is really going to screw up what we thought we knew about security architectures and I don't get the feeling that most people appreciate it yet. They will and it will hurt. I'll also mention some career advice to Andy ITGuy (here [0]). Don't get pissed that there are a bunch of morons configuring pretty important equipment out there. Be happy. It'll make you look good.

Have a great day. Busy busy today trying to clear the decks for my upcoming vacation, so don't expect too much blogging today. You'll get TDI early tomorrow (my chariot picks me up at 8 AM ET tomorrow) and there will be no TDI Thursday or Friday.

Technorati: Information Security [1]

Top Security News

http://www.networkcomputing.com/showArticle.jhtml?queryText=&articleID=193101592 [2]
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http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1219561,00.html [3]
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http://www.reconnex.net/news/articles/pr_10.09.06.asp
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http://www.esj.com/news/article.aspx?EditorialsID=2203 [5]
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http://www.exaprotect.com/press-en/ExaProtect-and-Solsoft-merger.jsp [6]
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Top Blog Postings

http://www.darkreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=327
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here [8]) - but understanding the concept is critical. This is the case for why we need to separate out infrastructure security and data/information security. Right here. Read it and understand it.  
http://1raindrop.typepad.com/1_raindrop/2006/10/decentralizatio.html
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http://andyitguy.blogspot.com/2006/10/problem-with-it-and-security.html
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http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/10/jim_cramer_on_g.html
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http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/is-the-vc-funding-model-broken [11]

Ray Noorda (1924 - 2006)
Ray Noorda was a pioneer and had a big hand in creating the networked economy that pays all of our bills. He died yesterday, so I wanted to say my piece about the impact Novell has had on my career and to remind everyone to remember the man that created the company that brought Local Area Networking to the masses. Not the guy that became one of the original pelts on Bill Gates' bedpost.
http://securityincite.com/blog/mike-rothman/ray-noorda-1924-2006 [11]

Read yesterday's Daily Incite
http://securityincite.com/TDI-2006-10-09 [11]