Trust No One? [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
Trust. It's something I'm sure many security professionals think about in various contexts. There's an insane amount of things we simply trust without really thinking about it. This includes:
Unsafe At Any Version? [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
It's funny, every time I read about yet another security vulnerability in Internet Explorer, such as the recent one involving Adobe Flash hosted on the Council of Foreign Relations website that perfo…
In Information Security, Trust Matters [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
In a previous post, I asked if we could trust no one in Information Security. The reality is that, at some point, we have to trust. We have to trust that we have the right policy in place.
How to Catch People Outsourcing Their Own Jobs [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
I've heard of companies outsourcing jobs to China. I used to joke with my remote co-workers that I had been replaced by a Perl script. That's how "Bob" was able to get away with this for months!
Zen and the Art of Malware Detection [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
Detecting malicious code that enters your network is challenging problem that traditional anti-virus and anti-malware can't keep up with. The main message? It catches the really obvious stuff.
Securing Data in the Cloud [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
On my podcast PhoneBoy Speaks today, I discussed (very briefly) the idea of doing information security in the cloud. Surely, I could talk and write volumes on the subject.
How to Not Be Like Burger King. Or Jeep. [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
On today's episode of PhoneBoy Speaks, I discuss how to prevent your Twitter account from being hacked like Burger King's account was.
Guys I'm really sorry for the OverPour vomit. Apparently it doesn't deal well with URL changes…
Fun with Compliance [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
Earlier this week, I hung out with Jeremy Kaye, one of our in-house compliance experts at Check Point:http://www.youtube.com/embed/uvL6HdlrW08While I've been doing InfoSec for a while, or at least wo…
Moving The Security Theater Elsewhere [securitytheater.phoneboy.com]
I decided to move PhoneBoy's Security Theater off of Wordpress onto Posthaven. On the plus side, it's one less instance of Wordpress to maintain.