Not too long ago I embarked on a creating a podcast series that would provide more regularity than the blog. Beyond the Perimeter has been a tremendous amount of fun and as we just posted our 50th podcast I wanted to reflect on some of the highlights and wonderful guests we have been honored to [...]
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50th “Beyond The Perimeter” Podcast HighLights
Posted in Security, tagged 451 group, Aaron Bawcom, Adam Shostack, Adobe Systems, Al HUger, Alex Hutton, Andy Purdy, antivirus, Arbor Networks, Ben Natan, beyond the perimeter, BigFix, Black Hat, Brad Arkin, Charles Dodd, Cisco, Concord Hospital, Conficker, Cyber Command, Dan Philpott, Dave Watson, David Mortman, Defcon, Doug Washburn, Dr. Peter Tippet, Economics, eIQ networks, EMA, EMC, Enterprise Management Associates, FAIR, FCRA, FIPS, FISMA, Forrester Research, Gartner, government security, Guardium, Hackers for Charity, HIPAA, IBM, Immunet, Information Security, ISS, Jack Daniel, Jeff Jones, Jeremiah Grossman, Johnny Long, Jose Nazario, Joshua Corman, Kaiser, Kaspersky, malware, Mark Starry, Mede Finance, Melissa Hathaway, Men in black, Michael Dahn, Michael Santarcangelo, Michael Smith, Microsoft, Mike Rothman, Nick Selby, NICOR, NIST, patch management, Patric Peterson, Paul Roberts, PCI, Peter Kuper, podcast, Project Quant, Reflex systems, Rich Mogull, Rick Wesson, Risk, RSA, Ryan Russell, Sam Curry, Scott Crawford, Scott Johnson, Sean Goings, Security b-sides, Securosis, Situational awareness, stelaing the network, Support Intelligence, TAC Americas, Technical Publishing, Timothy Mullen, Verizon Business Services, Virtualization, virtualizaton, Web Applicaiton Security, White Hat Security on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Client-Side Virtualization Episode II: Standardization, Attack of the Clones and Desktops Reloaded
Posted in Security, Technology, tagged anti-virus, biodiversity, citrix, Data Breach, Data security, diversity, Gartner, HVD, IBM, Microsoft, standardization, VDI, Verizon, Virtualization, VMWare on June 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Consolidation is the major benefit or “killer app” for server/data center virtualization. Standardization is the major benefit or “killer app” for client-side virtualization.
As I was pondering the challenges of current systems management processes, researching the latest and greatest from the client-side virtualization vendors, and talking to a lot of large organizations I was trying to [...]
Cloud-Computing Solves Patching Problem…IT Admins Please Report to HR for Immediate Dismissal
Posted in Security, tagged Altiris, cloud computing, DLP, endpoint security, Gerhard Eschelbeck, IBM, Law of vulnerability, Luke Skywalker, Micro, Microsoft, NAC, Philippe Courtot, Quays, SCCM, silly proclamations, SMS, Storm trooper fail, Symantec, Wolfgang Kandek on May 7, 2009 | 6 Comments »
So apparently the latest version of the Qualys Laws of Vulnerabilty Report has Qualys jumping to some pretty outrageous claims about how cloud-computing – invented by Qualys according to Courtot (insert cute smiley here) – can secure IT more effectively or allow people to not patch any more or some such nonsense (thanks to Hoff [...]
Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated…
Posted in Security, tagged beyond the perimeter, BigFix, endpoint protection, IBM, security management, systems management, Trend Micro, twitter on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes I know it has been some time since I have posted a blog entry. The pain and suffering this has caused I can only imagine has been unbearable. Many of you must be feeling the nauseating withdrawal like symptoms of not enough me, but do not fear you will no longer need to remain [...]
Open Cloud Computing Manifesto: Much Ado About Nothing
Posted in Security, tagged Al Gore, Amazon, Amazon EC2, Azure, BigFix, CCIF, Cthulhu, Elastic Vapor, Google, IBM, Kaczynski, Microsoft, Open Cloud Computing Manifesto, pentagrams, platform, Reuven Cohen, revolutionary, Saturday Night Live, Steve Martin, Technology, The Internet, twitter, Unabomber, virgins on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So apparently a group of technologists and vendors working under the cloak of digital darkness drew out a pentagram and locked arms as they called out to Cthulhu to manifest and drive out those that would oppose their ultimate aims of total and complete world domination. Domination brought about through a set of cloud computing [...]
Mission Accomplished: There is NO Future in Security
Posted in Security, tagged Gartner, IBM, Microsoft, RSA, Val Rahmani on April 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
According to IBM the Security industry is dead and has no future (here)
“The security business has no future,” Val Rahamani, general manager of IBM ISS and of security and privacy for IBM Global Technology Services. Rahamani said the security industry as it is today is not sustainable, and that IBM is instead going into the [...]



