November 1, 2006 - #147
Good Morning:
There is no rest for the weary. We weren't able to even throw out all that surplus of candy before we had to start preparing for this week's next big event, Leah's 6th birthday, which is today. Happy Birthday Leah!! But it always makes Halloween a busy time, since there are parties to prepare for, family to host and entertain, and of course, presents to procure. I'm sure all of my kids will have plenty to talk to their therapists about as they get older (living with me is no picnic, I assure you), but I think they have it pretty good. And I'm just fortunate that we can provide a good environment as they are growing up.
When you are a parent to young kids, repetition is part of your repertoire. Why say it once, when you can say it one hundred times? Or so my kids seem to think that's the way it works. Being respectful of that, today is The Daily Incite Repetition Edition. First thing is to make sure we discuss acquisitions, which is a common theme. IronPort buying PostX is a case in point (here [0]). Another one of the Security 7 winners focuses on programs (here [0]), not necessarily technology. Yep, I talk about that a lot. How about security awareness? I'm sure I sound like a broken record on that. So listen some more here [0].
There is consolidation of companies, but also consolidation of technology. I've said that many times. A case in point is a review of a "content UTM" device from CP Secure (here [0]) that does both email and web stuff. Given the radically different traffic and protocol dynamics, that's actually a decent innovation. And finally, if you weren't tired enough of me repeating myself, I once again make the point that you can make yourself crazy if you pay attention to every useless, ridiculous item that tech media decides to push (here [0]). I wish that would be all I had to say about any of these topics, but that's very very very unlikely. I'm sure I'll be back on my soapbox before long making exactly the same points again.
Kind of a slow-day in blog-land. I guess I wasn't the only one preparing for the ghoulish onslaught. I do point to a piece Ed Moyle did a week ago putting some numbers behind how likely you are to contract mobile malware (here [0]). It's roughly the same as being hit by satellite launch vehicle debris upon re-entry. That's really funny. I also want to poke a bit into the security by obscurity discussion and make the point that I think bringing issues and vulnerabilities to light is a good thing, but there can be collateral damage. Jeff Hayes goes into an example of lock pickers (here [0]) and I kind of differ relative to whether disclosure is good in this case because it's a monumental task to fix the problem.
OK, I've rambled on enough. Go get something done and have a great day.
Technorati: Information Security [1]
Top Security News
http://www.ironport.com/company/ironport_pr_2006-11-01.html [2]
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here [3]); Dorothy Denning, US Naval Postgraduate School (here [4])
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=267209
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http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=109040 [6]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20061031/tc_pcworld/127710 [7]
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Top Blog Postings
http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=429
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http://mycsosolutions.net/2006/10/28/full-disclosure-lock-picking/
[9]Link to this [9]
http://www.securitycurve.com/blog/archives/000472.html
[10]Link to this [10]
http://www.theconvergingnetwork.com/2006/10/bobing_for_the_enterprise.html
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