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International Collaboration on Policies for Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Since a few years we are working with the Council of Europe in a partnership to help to drive a Cybersecurity treaty. We realize that a problem a lot of Law Enforcement agencies have is inconsistent legislation which makes is unbelievably hard to catch Read More...
Posted 05 November 09 09:41 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Article was Bogus: Do Mac Users not need Anti-Virus Protection?
Today I was having a discussion with a religious Mac fan claiming that the only problem with security on the Internet is Windows and then I read this article on ZDNet: Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malware In there it is Read More...
Posted 04 December 08 08:48 by rhalbh | 2 Comments   
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Get Safe Online – This Week
We see this concept all over Europe: There are National Security Awareness Days (or how ever they are called) in a lot of European countries. During these events, the industry (from software to banking to government to …) gets together to raise awareness Read More...
Posted 18 November 08 02:00 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Risk of Outsourcing (and Security Outsourcing)
I am often asked about the risks of outsourcing (we often talk about processes, legal risks (e.g. Data Protection), etc.) – the list is very long. Today I read an article which touches a completely different issue: It is all about the security processes Read More...
Posted 30 October 08 10:56 by rhalbh | 2 Comments   
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Estonia’s Cyber Security Strategy
Following the attacks on Estonia, they published a pretty interesting paper called Cyber Security Strategy by the Ministry of Defense in Estonia. One thing which I see again and again is that most of the people looking into such strategies conclude that Read More...
Posted 08 October 08 09:56 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Rent a Botnet on eBay (Part 2)
You might have seen my recent blogpost on the botnet on eBay. They have seen it (we briefly touched base on that) and – now it's gone: Cool stuff! Roger Read More...
Posted 12 September 08 11:48 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Why I do not like e-Voting (Part 2)
As you might know, I blogged on e-Voting recently ( Why I do not like e-Voting ) and got quite some reactions. A few here but most of them privately. Most of you seem to like e-Voting. Now, think again! Look at this article here Evaluating the Security Read More...
Posted 09 September 08 06:31 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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Schneier on US Customs Notebook Searches: Do not follow the rules
I just read this article by Bruce Schneier on what to do about US Customs searches: Taking your laptop into the US? Be sure to hide all your data first So, if you look at part of his recommendations, they are: You're going to have to hide your data. Set Read More...
Posted 16 May 08 08:34 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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EISAS – European InformationSharing and Alert System – an ENISA Feasibility Study
ENISA just recently published a pretty interesting study with the title EISAS – European Information Sharing and Alert System . I think that it is definitely worth looking into Roger Read More...
Posted 08 February 08 10:48 by rhalbh | 0 Comments   
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What can you do if you are a victim of e-crime?
I think that there is a very good example of how a platform could be offered for victims of cyber crime. There are often questions around: What are my rights? What can I do if something bad happens? Who is here to help?... www.e-victims-org offers answers Read More...
Posted 21 January 08 06:33 by rhalbh | 2 Comments   
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What is more important: Security or Privacy?
This is basically a very interesting and pretty fundamental question for the society. After 9/11 the US changed the way they work significantly. Just as an example: Airlines had to give the US government information about passengers flying to the US that Read More...
Posted 17 January 08 08:40 by rhalbh | 3 Comments   
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I was visiting Nigeria – watch out!
You know that I rarely did trip reports in the past. I am personally convinced that you do not want to read, what I had for breakfast in Barcelona. But this trip was different. When I told the people around me that I will be travelling to Nigeria I got Read More...
Posted 23 November 07 08:14 by rhalbh | 3 Comments   
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WabiSabiLabi and their view on ethics
I commented on that already twice and I stated that WabiSabiLabi seems to have a different view on ethics than me. For those of you who do not know WabiSabiLabi, it is an online auction for vulnerabilities . We met the founder of this platform during Read More...
Posted 08 November 07 08:27 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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Hackers getting Jobs in the Industry
This is a theme that is quite controversial since a long time: Is it a good idea to hire known hackers to improve security of your products? It was an interesting process to follow a time ago, when the guy who wrote Sasser (and brought down several networks), Read More...
Posted 02 August 07 10:04 by rhalbh | 3 Comments   
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Digital Phishnet Conference 2007
Last week the first Digital Phishnet Conference in Europe took place in Berlin. Basically Digital Phishnet is an initiative to help to exchange information about Phishing-Sites in order to help enforcement. This is the core mission: Supporting Law Enforcement Read More...
Posted 17 June 07 07:36 by rhalbh | 1 Comments   
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