Agreed -- it's smart when the CIA does it with In-Q-Tel and it's smart here. However, let's not hold our breath waiting for this administration to get a lick of credit for working smart in a public/private manner.
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Given EMC, SAN seems like the least threatening move for VMware to take here. Extended out, though, does this strategy call the whole VCE/Vblock alliance into question?
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Kelly, Don't you think information is being exchanged informally among CISOs already, at various venues? How much difference will a formal forum make -- in fact, couldn't it backfire by becoming a target?
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Where there's money and power, there's corruption. Criminals go where the money is, after all. Today credit card data and Bitcoin, tomorrow, sell an election to the highest bidder by manipulating the voting system with enough...
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What do you think of the Bitcoin/Napster comparison, readers? Will the second movers be more likely to win your trust?
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If the hospital is sufficiently worried about medical errors (and lawsuits), its managers ought to be paying attention to issues like fatigue.
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I also see XP running widely in retail and hospitality settings. Given the current data breach climate for retail, this seems extra worrisome.
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This story oofers a good example of how a transformational technology move that saves the Army money, makes great management and security sense, can still get caught in limbo because of budget constraints. It also...
In reply to: Why budgets matter
@Whoopty, This particular column was about using wearables to track the hospital workforce, not the patients, although any system that tracked factors like fatigue would by definition be recording some health relevant data...
In reply to: Re: Fatigue
Is the big-picture that you store your cryptocurrency offline, then when you want to spend some, you move it into a "DMZ" or airlock en route to the payee? Only a small amount is vulnerable, and only for a short period of...
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"In particular, the report accused the nine data brokers under investigation -- including Experian -- of operating 'behind a veil of secrecy.'" No kidding. I wouldn't be a fan of Experian even if this breach hadn't occurred....
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Most ATMs do run Windows XP. It's the version for embedded devices which has far fewer security holes to begin with, but that is the predominant operating system. At some point, they will have to be replaced. I don't envy...
In reply to: Re: Healthcare scare?
Currently all the furor over Bitcoins assumes it will the top player in the growing field. But anyone can create another Bitcoin protocol, each upgrading either the protocol's flaws or flaws in the human component:...
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I'm going to print up a T-shirt for my mother: One Of The Proud 13%
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"The Web" didn't just suddenly happen in 1989 (nor was it "invented" by Al Gore). What happened then is that a structure and a name was given to what was already in existance (highly-interconnected infrastructure,...
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The deal is set to be finalized later this year. It will be interesting to see if anything does stall or prevent it.
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gmail addresses are more valuable than facebook email addresses. Your suggestion that one try all login methods and then guess what data is being mined from each one is just playing paper scissors rock. There is no valid...
In reply to: Re: paper scissors rock.. gambling with your data
The White House President's Council of Economic Advisers recently released a report that, while no doubt self serving, nevertheless pulls together some useful and telling information about the impact of patent trolls. It's...
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Whether it is in the military or otherwise, virtual desktops are the future. The problem is that we have continued to hear about it, yet nothing has been done. Now, the Army is doing it. That's because they realize the risks...
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