Category: Information Security

Information Security Costs May Be Delayed But At What Price

[S]oftware solutions delivered to market cost money. Secure software solutions or products and services with critical dependency on secure software solutions cost more money.  Hospira is finding this out with its older medical pumps in the Symbiq line.     Fiat Chrysler is finding out what fixing a problem in production costs. Their security oversight?… Continue reading Information Security Costs May Be Delayed But At What Price

Delivery IS Business

Business [W]hether your business’ core competencies involve products, services or legally binding promises, delivery is a measuring stick that’s used to evaluate you. Do you deliver what customers want ahead of the industry?  Do you deliver it better or cheaper.  Do you deliver a different experience; are you a boutique for your industry? Regardless of… Continue reading Delivery IS Business

Identification Performed by Humans

Identification is a process whereby an identity claim is made and evaluated.   Organic Operations Humans do this very naturally when we learn one another’s look, voice, walk and other mannerisms.  The more intimately we know someone the more difficult it is to forge or impersonate that identity in our presence. The complexity of identification is compounded… Continue reading Identification Performed by Humans

5:30 Sunday Morning

5:30 and I’ve been up a couple of hours reading scientific, DoD, DARPA & infosec papers in “active authentication.” #cantsleep God bless people who think identity is easy. Assertion, validation, authentication, re-evaluation … we humans do this so organically & yet we’re unbelievably horrible at judging character. Now we expect machines to learn effectively how… Continue reading 5:30 Sunday Morning