This decision comes as welcome news. NIST's risk management framework, and its related documents (linked in this story), including 800-53 Rev 4, indeed take a more holistic approach to information assurance and security. ...
In reply to: Smart move
@Charlie - I was just waiting for someone to give me a solid use-case. The advanced nature of today's modern infrastructure allows us to do great things with technology. Virtualization, cloud, and a distributed platform...
In reply to: Re: Leave the intruder alone for a little while longer?
What I'm concerned about is what Google does with this info? For corporate customers, they likely keep hands off. I can't imagine businesses using them otherwise. But for consumer use, I simply won't ever trust Google, no...
In reply to: What does Google know?
I second that :) Much appreciated!
In reply to: Re: Thanks for great post.
Thanks for sharing the NYTimes piece, Bob. There's a great quote in it from David Dalrymple, a technologist in the valley: "The most innovative and effective companies are old-guard companies that have managed...
In reply to: Re: Remarkable coincidence!
I get the attraction of charter schools, but I also get the argument that they syphon funds and cherry pick students with motivated parents from public schools, which cannot pick and choose what students to admit. How is...
In reply to: Re: Education
This might not be a bad feature as long as the owner can turn it on or off. Not sure we want a kill switch owned by the telcos, manufacturer or government. I feel it would just get hacked. I am perfectly happy...
In reply to: Re: Come on ...
It's a lot easier to insure a form-collection page/mobile app is secure - than to insure that proper network access controls are implemented across all sector (Wifi, Lan, remote access, etc) of your network.
In reply to: Browser Based Contrrols
....here we go with more inflation. Inflation inflation everywhere... this is a 20% price hike.
In reply to: More Inflation
Social media is awash with people virtually linking hands with Zuckerberg and singing Kumbaya in solidarity. It's somewhat amusing. Let's all remember that Facebook makes money by mining and selling every scrap of user data...
In reply to: Spare me
As OPM Director Archuleta said herself in her summary remarks, "a plan is just a plan." Whether OPM's new IT leadership will have more luck that the last regime in implementing needed changes in OPM's IT operations remains...
In reply to: A plan is a plan
I've seen comments on FaceBook that even with the price hike, based on 2013 orders, people will average under $1 for two-day shipping. When you buy at that volume, $99 is still a bargain. However, you have to bet that people...
In reply to: Everyone will be doing the math
Must say I'm nervous about upgrading. Last time I upgraded my daughter's Mac -- in Nov/Dec 2013 -- it was the last straw for the logic board; the computer keyboard/mouse stopped working, despite repeated downloads and several...
In reply to: Re: 7.1 upgrade
I'm skeptical de Blasio will use analytics or big data because they most likely will disprove his platform, especially regarding education. He appears to be using his position to guarantee jobs for his pals, with little...
In reply to: Re: Education
That's so true, Charlie. In addition to holding down costs, it's also better for patients to have fewer tests. Some of them expose us to radioactivity or other potentially harmful things. Plus who on earth wants to pay for...
In reply to: Re: Why health records on exchanges hold down the cost of heatlh care
As you say in the story, in many ER cases it's obvious why a patient comes in: a broken bone, for example. I know, though, from speaking to healthcare professionals that every mouse click represents time -- and time is typically...
In reply to: Re: Unused Asset
This follow-up interview was prompted in part by questions collegues at AllAnalytics asked during this video interview. What I didn't know, at that point, was that Paytronix had backed off a plan to move its Hadoop cluster...
In reply to: How many people do you need?
Not sure if cutting prices will be enough to counter the public and corporate fears about NSA's intrusion into privacy and confidentiality. I think the technology industry must work together (perhaps in collaboration with...
In reply to: Price Drops Alone?
If you do choose to store data on a drive of some kind though, it's important to keep a copy offsite somewhere in case of fire, water damage, break-in, or some other disaster, natural or man-made. Granted, you may not have...
In reply to: Re: .gov is watching so no thanks.
@ianmacdonald This is great advice. I have in-laws who still use a Window 2K desktop, they absolutely refuse to upgrade because it still does what they need it to. Years ago I locked it down as tightly as I...
In reply to: Re: Probably not as serious as is made out. 
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