The Whitehouse Releases 60 Day Cyber Security Review

Early after President Obama was nominated I wrote an open letter to President Obama for actions that I believed the administration would need to take in the first 90-days “Open Letter to Barack Obama: Securing Critical Infrastructure – The First 90 Days” These included a policy review and some suggestions on methods the administration would [...]

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Hacktivism: Offensive Computing and the Rise of the Political Hacker

As I am sure most have heard Sarah Palin’s yahoo account was recently hacked and the contents posted online.  There has been a lot of debate about the legality of such action (by both the hacker misguided youth – who couldn’t care less, although his father is probably pissed (here) – and by Palin for [...]

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I Support Barack Obama for President

<political commentary below – if you are not interested stop reading>
I generally try to avoid discussing politics, religion or operating system preference, as these issues tend to drive highly charged emotions. For the most part this is a security industry blog, but it is also a representation of my thoughts and feelings, and after thinking [...]

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