5000th Tweet

Today I posted my 5000th Tweet. I've apparently been a Twitter user since 1 December 2008. I remember not Tweeting anything until 15 July 2009, when I attended a Webcast about "security monitoring." The speakers were using Twitter to gather questions, so I decided it was a good time to try participating. With the advent of Twitter I've blogged a lot less. It's tempting to think that I've been sacrificing long, thoughtful blog posts for short,...

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Whistleblowers: The Approaching Storm for Digital Security

Last week in my post SEC Guidance Is a Really Big Deal I mentioned the potential significance of whistleblowers with respect to digital security. I came to this conclusion while participating in a panel for those involved with Directors and Officers insurance. This post provides a few more details. This morning I reviewed slides by Frederick Lipman, author of Whistleblowers: Incentives, Disincentives, and Protection Strategies, pictured at left....

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Comparing IEDs and Digital Threats

Two weeks ago Vago Muradian from This Week in Defense News interviewed Army Lt Gen Michael Barbero, commander of the Joint IED Defeat Organization. I was struck by the similarities between the problems his command handles regarding improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and those involving digital security professionals. In fact, you may be aware that papers and approaches like Intelligence-Driven Computer Network Defense Informed by Analysis of...

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Cooking Banana Bread in a Rice Cooker

One thing I have noticed in China is that I have had to be a bit more creative here when it comes to cooking. I can't use a full size oven, so I have to make due with a toaster oven. I have been on a banana bread craze and while looking for better ways to cook it I came up with a pretty neat method: cooking it in a rice cooker.You can find my recipe for banana bread here. Read article...

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Banana Frosting for your Banana Bread

If you are looking for a way to spice up your banana bread, you should try making some banana frosting! Read article...

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Blender Banana Bread Recipe - The Quickest and Easiest Way to Make Banana Bread

I am always looking for the cheapest, fastest and easiest way to do things. I think I have it perfected as far as banana bread goes. Below the recipe ingredients I will have more detailed instructions with a bit of information Read article...

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SEC Guidance Is a Really Big Deal

In November I wrote SEC Guidance Emphasizes Materiality for Cyber Incidents, my thoughts after reading an article by Senator Jay Rockefeller and former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff. They explained why the CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2, Cybersecurity issued by the SEC in October is a big deal. Since then I attended a conference on Director's and Officer's insurance in Connecticut, and spoke on a panel about that SEC guidance. During the...

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Use Gmail as a GTD tool (Getting Things Done and using Gmail more productively)

Most of us have probably used email more than a handful of times to remind ourselves to do something, or as a shopping list of sorts. I recently discovered a way to help me be more organized with my emails and tasks using Gmail. It is quick and easy to do.I will show you how to get important emails and tasks at the top of Gmail, so you will always see (and never forget) the most pressing things in your inbox. Read article...

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Passwords Still the Weak Link in the Chain

Networks are only secure as their weakest part, and time and time again, the weakest part of any network system is the user. Weak passwords are by far the easiest aspect of network security to hack, and despite repeated calls by security experts for people to tighten up their password habits, password vulnerability is as bad as it has ever been.Gaining access to people’s passwords can be extremely simple, primarily because people just don’t listen to advice. Because so many people use weak or recycled passwords, a hacker only needs to determine...

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